Antonio Manetti
| Antonio Manetti | |
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| Born |
6 July 1423 Florence, Italy |
| Died |
26 May 1497 (aged 73) Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Antonio Manetti (6 July 1423 – 26 May 1497) was an Italian mathematician and architect from Florence. He was also the biographer of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi.[1]
He is particularly noted for his investigations into the site, shape and size of Dante's Inferno. Although Manetti never himself published his research regarding the topic, the earliest Renaissance Florentine editors of the poem, Cristoforo Landino and Girolamo Benivieni, reported the results of his researches in their respective editions of the Divine Comedy. Manetti is also famous for his short story, The Fat Woodcarver, which recounts a cruel practical joke devised by Brunelleschi.[2]
References
- ↑ Max Koch; Ludwig Geiger; W. Wetz; Joseph Collin; Philipp August Becker (1889). Zeitschrift für vergleichende Litteraturgeschichte. A. Haack. p. 254. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ Gerald Friesen (1987). The Canadian prairies: a history. University of Toronto Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-8020-6648-0. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links
- The Gubbio Studiolo and its conservation, volumes 1 & 2, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Antonio Manetti (see index)
- Dante's Hell
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