This paper examines Angelo Poliziano’s (1454-1494) engagement with the Institutio oratoria within the humanistic debate over the superiority of Cicero or Quintilian. At the Studium of Florence his first academic course (1480-1481) was devoted not to Cicero but to Quintilian’s work. In his Oratio super Fabio Quintiliano et Statii Sylvis, Poliziano justified this choice by emphasizing the formative role of Quintilian’s teachings in both public and private life. Drawing on his handwritten notes in the incunabulum Florence, BNCF, Rari 379, as well as his commentary on Statius’ Silvae, this study highlights Poliziano’s pedagogical approach to Quintilian’s text.
Reading Quintilian with Poliziano: pedagogical perspectives
Vespoli Mantelli Canepa L
2026-01-01
Abstract
This paper examines Angelo Poliziano’s (1454-1494) engagement with the Institutio oratoria within the humanistic debate over the superiority of Cicero or Quintilian. At the Studium of Florence his first academic course (1480-1481) was devoted not to Cicero but to Quintilian’s work. In his Oratio super Fabio Quintiliano et Statii Sylvis, Poliziano justified this choice by emphasizing the formative role of Quintilian’s teachings in both public and private life. Drawing on his handwritten notes in the incunabulum Florence, BNCF, Rari 379, as well as his commentary on Statius’ Silvae, this study highlights Poliziano’s pedagogical approach to Quintilian’s text.
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