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ACCOLTI, BERNARDO (1465–1536)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ACCOLTI, BERNARDO (1465–1536) , See also:

ITALIAN

Italian poet, See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

AREZZO (anc. Arretium)

Arezzo, was the son of Benedetto Accolti. Known in his own See also:

day as l' Unico See also:

ARETINO, PIETRO (1492-1556)

Aretino, he acquired See also:

GREAT

great fame as a reciter of See also:

IMPROMPTU (from in promptu, on the spur of the moment)

impromptu See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse. He was listened to by large crowds, composed of the most learned men and the most distinguished prelates of the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age. Among others, See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

BEMBO, PIETRO (1470—1547)

Bembo has See also:

LEFT

left on See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record a testimony to his extraordinary See also:

TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent. His high reputation with his contemporaries seems scarcely justified by the poems he published, though they give See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of brilliant See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy. It is probable that he succeeded better in his ex-temporary productions than in those which were the See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of deliberation. His See also:

WORKS

works, under the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

Virginia, Comedia, Capitoli e Strambotti di Messer Bernardo Accolti Aretino, were published at See also:

Florence in 1513, and have been several times reprinted.

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