, younger brother of the preceding, was born at Bologna in 1466, where he died in 1558. He was learned
, younger brother of
the preceding, was born at Bologna in 1466, where he
died in 1558. He was learned in the Greek and Latio
languages, in theology, philosophy, and music, and the study
of law and antiquities, but is most celebrated as a
poet, although his works are not free from the faults peculiar to his age. Yet he gave even these a turn so peculiarly original, that they appear to have been rather his
own than acquired by imitation. He published, among
many other works: 1. A scientific and moral poem, written in the ottava rima, entitled “II Viridario,
” Bologna,
4to, which contains eulogiums on many of his learned contemporaries. 2. “II Fedele,
” also in heroics. These are
both scarce, as they never were reprinted. 3. “Annotazioni della lingua volgare,
” Bologna, 1.536, 8vo. This
was intended as an answer to those who complained of the
provincialisms in his style. 4. He also published a collection of poems pu the death of Seraphin dall' Aquila, mentioned in the preceding article, Bologna, 1504, 4to. He
has more stretch of mind than most of his contemporaries.