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Johannes Crastonis (Crastonus; Crastone) was an Italian renaissance humanist and scholar. Crastonus was probably born in Castel San Giovanni close to Piacenza.〔''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1960-, vol. 30, pp. 578-580〕 He was a member of the Carmelites.〔Giacomo Gherardi, ''Dispacci e letter di Giacomo Gherardi, nunzio pontificio a Firenze e Milano (11 settembre 1487-10ottobre 1490)'', ed. E. Caruso, Rome 1909, pp. 491-492〕 He studied in Constantinople but migrated to Modena (near Ferrara) in Italy. There he published a Greek-Latin dictionary c.1480 〔Jacques Charles Brunet, Léon d'. Ourches, ''Catalogue des livres rares, précieux et bien conditionnés du cabinet'', 1811, p.83〕 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.〔C. Linde, 'Johannes Crastonus's 1481-Edition of the Psalms',in ''The Library. The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society'', 7th series, 13.2, June 2012, pp. 147-163, p. 149〕 Among these works were a bi-lingual Greek and Latin edition of the Psalms, dedicated to Ludovico Donà, published 21 September 1481. This was the first printed version of the Greek Psalms.〔Johannes Crastonus, (letter to Ludovico Donà ), in his (edition of the Psalms ), Milan: (Accursius ), 1481; Paul Botley, ''Learning Greek in Western Europe, 1369-1529'', (Philadelphia 2010), p. 64〕 While at Milan, he was friends with Ermolao Barbaro, Francesco Filelfo, Giorgio Merula and Iacopo Antiquari.〔''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', 30, p. 578〕 His ''Vocabulista'', a Greek-Latin dictionary, was first printed probably in Milan and then re-printed twice before 1500 by Dionysius Bertochus.〔''Vocabulista'', Vicenza, Dionysius Bertochus, c. 1483; and Reggio Emilia, Dionysius Bertochus and Marcus Antonius de Bazaleriis, 1497; see ''Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke'', VII, cols 192-193〕 A translation of Constantine Lascaris's ''Erotemata'' was published in 29 September 1480, which was reprinted in 1489.〔Ludwig Hain, ''Repertorium bibliographicum: in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD typis expressi, ordine alphabetico vel simpliciter enumerantur vel adcuratius recensentur'', II, Stuttgart and Paris 1831, p. 241〕 Crastonus died after 1497, as is clear from a reference made to him in that year.〔Giorgio Galbiati, (), in Terentianus Maurus, ''De litteris, syllabis et metris Horatii'', Milan, Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497, sig. a iii r〕 ==Known works== *''Lexicon graeco-latinum'', printed not after 28 March 1478 *''Lexicon latino-graecum'' or ''Vocabulista''; no place (probably Milan ) or date; preface by Bonus Accursius * ''(edition of the Psalms )'', Milan, Bonus Accursius, 1481 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johannes Crastonis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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