Bracciolini, Giovanni Francesco Poggio (1380 - 1459)

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Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini served under seven popes, as a Florentine/Roman scholar, writer and an early humanist. He recovered a great number of classical Latin manuscripts, mostly decaying and forgotten in German, Swiss, and French monastic libraries, including the only surviving Lucretius, and disseminated manuscript copies among his learned friends. He is remembered for the discover a copy of Vitruvius “De Architectura” n Montecassino library.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, treatizer, Vitruvius, De Architectura

variant spelling:
Bracciolini, Giovanni Francesco Poggio

Curriculum vitae

* 11.02.1380	Terranuova (Today Terranuova Bracciolini)	born
1414		He discovers Vitruvius De Architectura in Montecassino Library
1418		He became pope Martin V’s secretary
1423		He became cancellors of Repubblica di Firenze.
† 30.10.1459	Firenze	died

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_24894004.html

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Bracciolini, Giovanni Francesco Poggio (1380 - 1459)