Moses of Bergamo
Moses of Bergamo was a twelfth-century Italian poet and translator. He spent time in Constantinople, where he was one of the first Western Europeans to be interested in collecting Greek language manuscripts. He is known for his Liber Pergamensis, a description of Bergamo in Latin verse.
Also recorded as Mosè del Brolo
Moses of Bergamo
- Born
- Moses of Bergamo was born in the 12th century. · Bergamo.
- Died
- Moses of Bergamo died in the 13th century. · Ravenna.
- Occupation
- linguist · poet · translator
- Languages
- Latin
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Moses of Bergamo was a twelfth-century Italian poet and translator. He spent time in Constantinople, where he was one of the first Western Europeans to be interested in collecting Greek language manuscripts. He is known for his Liber Pergamensis, a description of Bergamo in Latin verse.
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Moses of Bergamo died at Ravenna.
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