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Enoch of Ascoli

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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 a German monastery, of the only existing manuscript of Tacitus's minor books.

References

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  1. ^ Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 03/01/2011
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  • The free dictionary [1]
  • Where the manuscript is currently held [2]