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Ars Dictaminis
''Ars dictaminis'' (or ''ars dictandi'') is the art of letter-writing, which often intersects with the art of rhetoric. History of letter-writing Greco-Roman theory Early examples of letter-writing theory can be found in C. Julius Victor's ''Ars rhetorica'' and Cassiodorus Senator's ''Variae epistolae.'' Other examples can be found in the Pseudo-Demetrius' ''Typoi epistolikoi,'' Pseudo-Libanius' ''Epistolimaioi kharacteres,'' Demetrius' ''Peri hermeneias,'' Philostratus of Lemnos' treatise, and Gregory of Nazianus' ''Epistle 51.'' Latin Middle Ages During the Latin medieval period, the standing assumption was that these writings would be composed in Latin, and according to well worked-out models. This made the arts of composition a subfield of rhetoric Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse ( trivium) along with grammar and logic/ dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhetoric aims to study the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse ( trivium) along with grammar and logic/ dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhetoric aims to study the techniques that speakers or writers use to inform, persuade, and motivate their audiences. Rhetoric also provides heuristics for understanding, discovering, and developing arguments for particular situations. Aristotle defined rhetoric as "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion", and since mastery of the art was necessary for victory in a case at law, for passage of proposals in the assembly, or for fame as a speaker in civic ceremonies, he called it "a combination of the science of logic and of the ethical branch of politics". Aristotle also identified three persuasive audience appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. The five canons of rhetoric, or phases of developing a persuasive speech, were first codified in classical Rome: i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Of Bologna (12th Century)
Bernard of Bologna (b. Flovitano Toselli in Bologna, Italy on December 17, 1701 – February 19, 1770), also known as Bernardine, was a Friar Minor Capuchin and Scotist theologian and author. Biography In 1717 he entered the Capuchin Order and some years later filled successively the office of professor of moral and dogmatic theology. Several times he held positions of responsibility. Works Perhaps the best known of Bernard of Bologna's writings is the ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum O. Min. S. Francisci Cap.'', a work which resembles Wadding's well-known ''Scriptores Ord. Min.'' It was published at Venice in 1747, and an appendix appeared at Rome in 1852. Besides this work, Bernard wrote an elementary treatise on philosophy according to Duns Scotus John Duns Scotus ( ; , "Duns the Scot"; – 8 November 1308) was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian. He is considered one of the four most important Christian phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Conscribendis Epistolis
''On the Writing of Letters'' () was a popular Early Modern guide to the art of letter writing by Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives. First published in 1534 in conjunction with Desiderius Erasmus' treatise of the same name, Vives's work attempts to teach letter writers how to engage a variety of audiences. Background In 1533, Vives wrote ''De conscribendis epistolis'' for Alonso Idiáquez, secretary to King Charles I of Spain. On the surface, Vives sought to help Idiáquez avoid what Vives saw as a popular misunderstanding of how successful letters should be written. Because this work was also published, it seems safe to assume Vives wanted to rectify the '' dictamen'' on a large scale. Since the early days of the Roman Empire, letter writers had attempted to apply the principles of oratory wholesale to epistolary composition. This approach remained popular well into the Renaissance. The result was a society of writers who did not observe practical decorum in their letters. Viv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Letter Writing Guides
As the use of letters increased in popularity during the Victorian era, guides began to emerge on how to correctly write and form a letter and as to what was proper, and what was not. Many of these conventions are a way of understanding tensions in nineteenth-century England, such as the urge to speak from the heart, but never more than was proper. Physical concerns A letter's physical appearance, in addition to its content, was a concern for letter-writing guides. For men, guides advocated plain paper and for women, a light spritz of perfume was sometimes acceptable. Other sources, however, disagreed and suggested high outward ornamentation such as ribbons, flowery drawings, and interesting colors could be used by females, but part of this may have been the date of the guide, as vogue changed by the decade. Earlier in the century, ribbons were popular, but fashion changed to heavy cream paper in the 1880s and then monogrammed letterheads by the end of the nineteenth century. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formulary (model Documents)
Formulary may refer to: * Formulary (model document), ancient and medieval collections of models for official writings * Formulary (pharmacy), list of prescription drugs covered by a particular drug benefit plan See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quichilino Da Spello
Quichilino da Spello ( 1304) was the author of the ''Pomerium rethorice'' ('Orchard of Rhetoric'), a treatise on the ''ars dictaminis'' (art of letter-writing). It was written while Quichilino, a native of Spello, was a professor at the University of Padua. It was dedicated to a Venetian canon named Stephanus Nayn. It was completed in 1304 before the death of Pope Benedict XI on 7 July. Quichilino explains the title of his work as indicating a (garden of trees) from which rhetoric is picked like fruit or apples (). For example, the king of France may choose to call the sultan of Cairo "procurator of Satan" (), but the republics of Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ... and Venice, who have commercial relations with Egypt, should call him "most excellent prince" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Of Aquilegia
Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparatory & high schools * Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States * Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan * Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India Research laboratories * Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States People * Lawrence (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (band), an American soul-pop group * Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 * Lawrence (musician), Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Faba
Guido Faba ( – ) was a notary, scribe and teacher of rhetoric from Bologna. At least eleven works are attributed to him, all on rhetoric, mainly the ''ars dictaminis'' (art of letter writing). Although he wrote mainly in Latin, two of his works contain advice for using vernacular Italian in formal settings. Life Guido included a short autobiography of himself in the preface to his ''Rota nova'' in 1225–1226. It is the most important source for his life. Guido was born in Bologna in or shortly before 1190. His father's name was Niccolò. In some manuscripts of his work, he is called Guido de Lombardia. According to his own account, he received the nickname Faba as a child "because of the effect of his antics". It comes from the Latin expression ''fabas dicere'', to be a jokester., citing It has, however, been suggested that he was related to Aliprando Faba, to whom he dedicated his ''Summa dictaminis''. By 1210, Guido had a master's degree. According to his autobiographical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Of Bologna
Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). The Germanic name is on record beginning in the 8th century, in variants ''Chugo, Hugo, Huc, Ucho, Ugu, Uogo, Ogo, Ougo,'' etc. The name's popularity in the Middle Ages ultimately derives from its use by Frankish nobility, beginning with Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh the Great (898–956). The Old French form was adopted into English from the Norman period (e.g. Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury d. 1098; Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, d. 1101). The spelling ''Hugh'' in English is from the Picard variant spelling '' Hughes'', where the orthography ''-gh-'' takes the role of ''-gu-'' in standard French, i.e. to express the phoneme /g/ as opposed to the affricate /ʒ/ taken by the grapheme ''g'' before front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Julius Victor
Gaius Julius Victor (4th century AD) was a Roman writer of rhetoric, possibly of Gaulish origin. His extant manual is of some importance as facilitating the textual criticism of Quintilian Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (; 35 – 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quin ..., whom he closely follows in many places. References Attribution: * *''Rhetores Latini minores'', Karl Halm (ed.), Lipsiae in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1863pp. 371-448 * ''C. Julii Victoris Ars rhetorica'', Remo Giomini; Maria Silvana Celentano (eds.) Leipzig: Teubner, 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:Julius Victor, Gaius 4th-century Romans 4th-century writers in Latin Ancient Roman rhetoricians Victor, Gaius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Of Samaria
Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words ''adal'' (meaning noble) and ''berht'' (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adelbart, Adelbert and Adalberto. Derivative names include Albert and Elbert. Because St Adalbert of Prague (†997), early mediaeval missionary who became Czech, Polish and Hungarian patron saint, at his confirmation changed his name from native Vojtěch to Adalbert, this Germanic name has been artificially assigned to Slavonic Vojtěch/Wojciech ("he who is happy in battle") and via the same process have been the names Vojtěch and Adalbert connected with Hungarian name Béla (maybe "inner part") – so, in Central European settings these three names are taken as the equivalents, although they have no linguistic connection to each other. Given name * Adalbert Begas (1836–1888), German painter * Adalbert Baumann (1870–1943), Bavarian teacher * Adalbert Czerny (1863–1941), Austrian pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberic Of Monte Cassino
Alberic of Monte Cassino was a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, who died in 1088. He was a cardinal from 1057. He was (perhaps) a native of Trier, and became a Benedictine. He successfully opposed the teachings of Berengarius, which were considered heretical by the Pope, defending the measures of Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy. He is the author of numerous works in theology, hagiography, grammar, rhetoric and music; and is the author of the earliest medieval treatise on ''ars dictaminis'', or letter-writing (''De dictamine''). Many of his letters are found in the works of Peter Damian. One of his pupils, John of Gaeta, was the future Pope Gelasius II Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060/1064 – 29 January 1119), born Giovanni Caetani or Giovanni da Gaeta (also called ''Coniulo''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1118 to his death in 1119. A monk of Monte C ....I. S. Robinson, ''The Papacy 1073-1198'' (1990), p. 214. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
