Francesco Griselini

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Francesco Griselini (born August 12, 1717 in St. Fantino near Venice , † 1787 in Milan , Italy ) was an Italian scholar , scientist , traveler and Banat historian .

Family and studies

His father Marco was an Italian cloth maker , his mother Elisabetta , née Sperafigo , was the daughter of a silk merchant from Milan.

Francesco Griselini began studying theology in Venice , but broke it off to marry Libera Pompiglia . He then devoted himself to studying history and natural sciences. Griselini was a polymath . He worked as a geographer , cartographer , naturalist , writer , draftsman , comedy poet , traveler, journalist and botanist . He published the Dizionario delle arti e de 'mestieri , published in 18 volumes from 1768 to 1778 , an encyclopedia on agriculture, mining, handicrafts, trades and technology. From volume 6 he supported Abbot Marco Osvaldo Fassadoni (1732-1813).

Journey to the Banat

Around 1770 he met Josef Brigido von Bresowitz , president of the provincial administration of the Temescher Banat , and his brother Pompejus . At the invitation of the Brigido brothers, he went on a study trip to the Banat on September 21, 1774 . On September 22nd, he arrived in Timisoara , where he was housed in the Presidential Palace on Domplatz , now the Baroque Palace. He stayed here until March 1777.

During this time he toured the Banat on behalf of the Timisoara provincial government and recorded his impressions and experiences in a description of the Banat that is still important today. From here he wrote several letters to "notables and scholars" of the time, which were published in the magazines "Giornale d'Italia" and "Nuovo Giornale d'Italia".

In 1780 he brought the letters in Milan under the title “ Lettere odeporiche ove i suoi viaggi e le di lui osservazioni spettanti all'istoria naturale, ai costumi di vari popoli e sopra più altri interestingi oggeti si descrivono, giuntevi parecchie memorie dello stesso autore, cheuntevi parecchie memorie dello stesso autore riguardano le scienze e le arti utili ”.

Almost at the same time the German translation appeared in Vienna , which he dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa under the title " Attempting a political and natural history of the Temeswar Banat in letters to notables and scholars ".

Griselini died mentally deranged in a Milan sanatorium in 1787.

Fonts

  • Memorie Anedote Spettanti Alla Vita Ed Agli Studi del Sommo Filosofo E Giureconsulto F. Paolo Servita , 1760
    • Memories of the famous Fra Paolo Sarpi , former Servite in Venice, or strange anecdotes about the life and writings of this famous man . Bartholomaei, Ulm 1761.
  • Dizionario delle arti e de 'mestieri , 18 volumes. Modesto Fenzo, Venice 1768–1778.
  • Lettere odeporiche ove i suoi viaggi e le di lui osservazioni spettanti all'istoria naturale, ai costumi di vari popoli e sopra più altriinterestingi oggeti si descrivono, giuntevi parecchie memorie dello stesso autore, che riguardano le scienze e le arti , Milan 1780.
  • Attempt of a political and natural history of the Temeswar Banat in letters to notables and scholars , 2 volumes, Vienna 1780.
    • Istoria Banatului timişan . Translation into Romanian by Nicolae Bolocan, Bucharest 1926.

Honors

  • Honorary member of several academies
  • Secretary of the Imperial and Royal Society for the Beginning of Agriculture, the Arts, Manufactures and Trade in Milan
  • In Timișoara, Strada Francesco Griselini was named after him.

literature

  • Paolo Preto:  GRISELINI, Francesco. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 59:  Graziano – Grossi Gondi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2002.
  • Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans. Th. Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 .
  • Alexander Krischan : Franz Griselini - first historiographer of the Banat. From Venice to Timisoara in 1774 . In: German research in Hungary , published by the Working Group of Donauschwäbischer Teachers. Vol. 8. (1943), No. 2-4, pp. 127-186 (reprint: Munich 1980).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums. Th. Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992.
  2. ^ Franco Carnevale: Lavoro e Lavoratori nell'arte figurativa italiana . In: Epidemiologia & Prevenzione , ISSN  1120-9763 Jg. 2014, No. 3–4, pp. 1–52, here p. 4.
  3. ↑ a b archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com
  4. ↑ a b digital-collections.de , Francesco Griselini
  5. ↑ intimisoara.com , Strada Francesco Griselini
personal data
SURNAME Griselini, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian scholar, scientist, traveler and Banat historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Fantino near Venice
DATE OF DEATH 1787
Place of death Milan , Italy