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Giovanni Andrea Bussi

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Italian bishop and humanist (1417-1475)

Religious FiguresLived 1417 to 1475 · aged 57
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Giovanni Andrea Bussi (1417-1475), also Giovan de' Bussi or Joannes Andreae, was an Italian Renaissance humanist and the Bishop of Aleria. He was a major editor of classical texts and produced many incunabular editiones principes.

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Giovanni Andrea Bussi (1417-1475), also Giovan de' Bussi or Joannes Andreae, was an Italian Renaissance humanist and the Bishop of Aleria. He was a major editor of classical texts and produced many incunabular editiones principes. In his hands the preface was expanded from its former role as a private letter to a patron, to become a public lecture, and at times a bully pulpit.

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Lived 1417 to 1475 · aged 57
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