Mariangelo Accorso

Mariangelo Accorso or Accursio (Latin: Mariangelus Accursius; 1489 or 1490 – 1544 or 1546) was an Italian writer and critic.

[2] He was a great favourite with Charles V, at whose court he resided for thirty-three years, and by whom he was employed on various foreign missions.

In discovering and collating ancient manuscripts, for which his travels abroad gave him special opportunities, he displayed uncommon diligence.

His work entitled Diatribae in Ausonium, Solinum et Ovidium (1524) is a monument of erudition and critical skill.

[3] He was the first editor of the Letters of Cassiodorus, with his Treatise on the Soul (1538); and his edition of Ammianus Marcellinus (1533) contains five books more than any former one.