Johannes Crastonis (Crastonus; Crastone) was an Italian renaissance humanist and scholar. Crastonus was probably born in Castel San Giovanni close to Piacenza. [1] He was a member of the Carmelites. [2] He studied in Constantinople but migrated to Modena (near Ferrara) in Italy. There he published a Greek- Latin dictionary about 1480. [3]
In Milan, together with Bonus Accursius, he edited various works to facilitate the learning of Greek. His collaboration with Bonus Accursius started no later than 1478. [4] Among these works were a bi-lingual Greek and Latin edition of the Psalms, dedicated to Ludovico Donà, published on 21 September 1481. This was the first printed version of the Greek Psalms. [5] While at Milan, he was friends with Ermolao Barbaro, Francesco Filelfo, Giorgio Merula and Iacopo Antiquari. [6] His Vocabulista, a Greek-Latin dictionary, was first printed probably in Milan and then re-printed twice before 1500 by Dionysius Bertochus. [7] A translation of Constantine Lascaris's Erotemata was published on 29 September 1480, which was reprinted in 1489. [8] Crastonus died after 1497, as is clear from a reference made to him in that year. [9]
Johannes Crastonis (Crastonus; Crastone) was an Italian renaissance humanist and scholar. Crastonus was probably born in Castel San Giovanni close to Piacenza. [1] He was a member of the Carmelites. [2] He studied in Constantinople but migrated to Modena (near Ferrara) in Italy. There he published a Greek- Latin dictionary about 1480. [3]
In Milan, together with Bonus Accursius, he edited various works to facilitate the learning of Greek. His collaboration with Bonus Accursius started no later than 1478. [4] Among these works were a bi-lingual Greek and Latin edition of the Psalms, dedicated to Ludovico Donà, published on 21 September 1481. This was the first printed version of the Greek Psalms. [5] While at Milan, he was friends with Ermolao Barbaro, Francesco Filelfo, Giorgio Merula and Iacopo Antiquari. [6] His Vocabulista, a Greek-Latin dictionary, was first printed probably in Milan and then re-printed twice before 1500 by Dionysius Bertochus. [7] A translation of Constantine Lascaris's Erotemata was published on 29 September 1480, which was reprinted in 1489. [8] Crastonus died after 1497, as is clear from a reference made to him in that year. [9]