Enoch of Ascoli
Enoch of Ascoli (c. 1400 – c. 1457) was a humanist and agent of Nicholas V[1] in charge of collecting manuscripts around Europe for the newly founded library of the pope.
He is notably responsible for the finding and retrieval, from Hersfeld Abbey, the only existing manuscript of Tacitus's minor books including the Agricola and the Germania.
References
- ^ Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 03/01/2011
External links
- The free dictionary [1] Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Where the manuscript is currently held [2]