Andronicus Contoblacas

Andronicus Contoblacas (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Κοντοβλάκας) was a Greek Renaissance humanist and scholar. Contobacles originated from Constantinople and left after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city.^[1] He first travelled to Venice, Italy.^[2] From 1458 and 1465 an Andronikos from Constantinople is mentioned as a lecturer in humanist studies at the University of Bologna.^[2] A professor for the Greek Language is mentioned for the term 1466/67 at the same university.^[2] Coming from Northern Italy, he arrived in Basel where he resided for about three years between 1474 and 1477.^[3] He taught Greek to students of the University of Basel, staying at the dorm of Hieronymus Berlin.^[3] He is noted for having been a teacher to Johann Reuchlin.^[4][3][5] The last notion from Contobacles is a letter to Reuchlin, in which he encourages him to become a teacher for Greek language himself.^[6]

See also

• Greek scholars in the Renaissance