Barthélémy Aneau
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Barthélemy Aneau
Aneau, Barthélemy (c.1505-61). Principal of the Collège de la Trinité at Lyon and supposed author of the Quintil Horatien (1550), a satirical attack on Du Bellay's Défense et illustration. He translated into French the emblems of Alciati (1549); his own Picta poesis (1552), commentaries on a series of printer's illustrations, appeared in both Latin and French. His translation of the third book of Ovid's Metamorphoses (1556) has an interesting theoretical preface. He also wrote plays and an extravagant prose fiction entitled Alector (1560).
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Barthélémy Aneau
Barthélémy Aneau (c.1510-1561) was a French poet and humanist. He is known for his novel Alector, ou le coq, and his work on emblems.
He was born in Bourges but later moved to Lyon where he became regent, then principal of the Collège de la Trinité.
He wrote both French and Latin poetry. His works include:
- a French verse translation of the emblem book of Andre Alciato (Lyon, 1549);
- Quintil Horatian (Lyons, 1551), anonymous attack on Joachim du Bellay
- a Latin poem Picta poesis (1552), called 'Imagination poétique in his own French translation;
- Alector ou le coq, a fantasy story (Lyon, 1560).
He was killed in 1561, during riots in Lyon, in or near the College. He was suspected of Protestantism.
External links
- B.Aneau, Gordon Collection, U.Va. Library
- B.Aneau's Picta poesis, Glasgow University
- B.Aneau's Imagination poétique, Glasgow University
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