Santini, Paolo (1575 - 1552)

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Paolo Santini was an italian military engineer and treatizer of XVI century. He is known for his treatizer “De Machinis”, copied fron Taccola’s treatize. In Santini codex are building and military machines. Today there are two copies of Santini’s codex, one in Paris and another in Turin.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, history of drawing, engieneer, designer, inventor, treatizer.

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Santini, Paolo

Curriculum vitae

1449		He works on a Taccola’s treatize copy
1449 - 1451		He served the Republic of Venice
1460		He finishes his codex “De Machinis”
1460		in the codex he tells about himself “…ego Paulus Santinus Ducensis…”
* 1550 - 1600	Piemonte, Italy	born
† 21.04.1552		died
1687		The king of France buys the codex in Costantinoples

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_8170004.html

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Santini, Paolo (1575 - 1552)