Girolamo Seripando (Naples 1492 - Trent 1563) was, together with Nicolaus Scutellius, the last exponent of the Platonic school founded by Giles of Viterbo within the Augustinian Order and later one of the leading figures at the Council of Trent (1545-1563). From his youth until the end of the 1530s he was actively involved in furthering Giles’ eclectic Platonism. The following paper intends, by means of an investigation of the Quaestiones manuscripts (Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, MSS. VIII AA 21-22), to reconstruct the tenets of the symbolism of light as formulated by Seripando, who draws on a philosophical tradition spanning Plato, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Julianus, Dionysius, Cusanus, Bessarion, and, above all, St. Augustine and Ficino.
Sun and Light Symbolism in Girolamo Seripando’s 109 Quaestiones
Angelo Maria Vitale
2019
Abstract
Girolamo Seripando (Naples 1492 - Trent 1563) was, together with Nicolaus Scutellius, the last exponent of the Platonic school founded by Giles of Viterbo within the Augustinian Order and later one of the leading figures at the Council of Trent (1545-1563). From his youth until the end of the 1530s he was actively involved in furthering Giles’ eclectic Platonism. The following paper intends, by means of an investigation of the Quaestiones manuscripts (Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, MSS. VIII AA 21-22), to reconstruct the tenets of the symbolism of light as formulated by Seripando, who draws on a philosophical tradition spanning Plato, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Julianus, Dionysius, Cusanus, Bessarion, and, above all, St. Augustine and Ficino.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
