Gian Vincenzo Pinelli
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (* 1535 in Naples ; † August 31, 1601 in Padua ) was an Italian humanist (zoologist, botanist, doctor, collector and linguist).
Pinelli was a mentor to Galileo Galilei . He owned one of the largest libraries of its time with around 8,500 volumes.
literature
- Paolo Gualdo: Vita Ioannis Vincentii Pinelli, Patricii Genuensis. In qua studiosis bonarum artium, proponitur typus viri probi et eruditi . Autore Paulo Gualdo, Augustae Vindelicorum, Ad Insigne Pinus [Markus Welser] (excudit Christophorus Mangus), cum privilegio Caes. Perpetuo, 1607.
- Adolfo Rivolta: Catalogo dei codici Pinelliani dell'Ambrosiana , Milano 1933.
- Grendler, Marcella (1980): A Greek Collection in Padua: the Library of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli . Renaissance Quarterly 33: 386-416.
- Grendler, Marcella (1981): Book-collecting in Counter-Reformation Italy: the library of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, 1535-1601 . Journal of Library History, 16: 143-151.
- Sven Dupre: Galileo, Optics and the Pinelli Circle . History of Science Society meeting, Vancouver 2000.
- Anna Maria Raugei: Gian Vincenzo Pinelli et Claude Dupuy : une correspondance entre deux humanistes . Florence 2001.
- Angela Nuovo: Gian Vincenzo Pinelli's collection of catalogs of private libraries in sixteenth-century Europe . Gutenberg Yearbook 2007, p. 129-144.
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SURNAME | Pinelli, Gian Vincenzo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian humanist (zoologist, botanist, doctor, collector and linguist) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1535 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1601 |
Place of death | Padua |