Iulius Severianus

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Iulius Severianus was a Latin rhetor who lived in the 5th century AD. He belonged to the Julia gens. [1] He wrote a book entitled Praecepta artis rhetoricae. [2] [3] One of the manuscripts (Cod. Bodmer 146, 10th century) was owned by Petrarch, who studied and commented on it with many glossa. [4]

References

  1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 797.
  2. "Iulius <Severianus>". thesaurus.cerl.org. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. Severianus, Julius (1995). Iiulii Severiani Praecepta artis rhetoricae: summatim collecta de multis ac syntomata (in Italian). Pàtron. ISBN   978-88-555-2317-2.
  4. "Manoscritto con opere retoriche appartenuto a Francesco Petrarca". e-codices.unifr.ch. Retrieved 29 December 2016.