Benito Arias Montano
Benito Arias Montano | |
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_-_MPM_V_IV_056.jpg) Portrait of Benito Arias Montano, by Rubens | |
| Born | Benedictus Arias Montanus 1527 Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain |
| Died | 1598 (71 years) Seville, Spain |
| Resting place | Iglesia del Priorato de Santiago de la Espada, Seville |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | Universities of Seville and Alcalá |
| Known for | Scholar, writer |
| Movement | Orientalist |
Benito Arias Montano (or Benedictus Arias Montanus; 1527–1598) was a Spanish orientalist and polymath who was active mostly in Spain. He was also editor of the
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He was born at
On his return, he retired to a hermitage at Aracena whence he was summoned by King Philip II of Spain (1568) to supervise a new polyglot edition of the Bible, with the collaboration of many learned men. The work was issued from the Plantin Press (1572, 8 volumes) under the title Biblia sacra hebraice chaldaice, graece et latine, Philippi II regis catholici pietate et studio ad sacrosanctae Ecclesiae usum, several volumes being devoted to a scholarly apparatus biblicus. Arias was responsible for a large part of the actual matter, besides the general superintendence, and in obedience to the command of the king took the work to Rome for the approbation of Pope Gregory XIII.[citation needed]
He designed a world map which was included into his Antwerp Polyglot Bible which included texts in Greek, Latin and Hebrew. The map was influential in the history of Cartography as one of the first maps to include Tierra del Fuego as an island on South America.[1]
Montano led the life of an
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Benedictus Arias Montanus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.- Rekers, B., Benito Arias Montano (1527–1598). Studies of the Warburg Institute, 33. London: Warburg Institute, University of London, 1972.
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