ABSTRACT
A product of the Jesuit College at Rome, probably during the second decade after its inception in 1551, Ludovico Carbone never became a Jesuit priest. He did, however, disseminate in a number of books much of what he learned there. The breadth of scholarship in his writings is remarkable even for a time when "Renaissance men" were not rare. His scope embraced logic, philosophy, theology, sacred oratory, and rhetoric. Among his published rhetorical works are a guide in the form of tables (Tabulae) to the popular text of Cipriano Soarez, seven books on various aspects of rhetoric, and two books on sacred oratory. 1 All of his books were published in the last two decades of the quinquecento, and the rhetoric texts in the space of 5 years.
