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Abramo Colorni
Abramo Colorni (Abram or Abraham, Colorno or Calorno, sometimes Colorini, 1544–1599) was an Italian-Jewish polymath and Renaissance man. An engineer, architect, mathematician, chiromancer, cryptographer, alchemist, inventor, Magic (supernatural), magus (magician) and merchant, Colorni spent nine years as a Court Jew for Rudolf II. He is the author of the 1593 treatise on cryptography, ''Scotographia''. As court alchemist, he was a major player in cultural transfer from Italy to Baden-Wurttemberg and Prague. He was born in, and died in, Mantua, Italy. Sometimes thought of as a charlatan, a genius "Jewish Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo" or "Jewish Baron von Munchhausen", or a ''professore de’ secreti'', "professor of secrets", he was also known as a clockmaker, for his magic tricks and escapology, and invented a new kind of revolver. Biography A Orthodox Judaism, devout Jew whose ancestors migrated from Rhineland, Germanic lands to Italy, Colorni was described as a Jewish Daeda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantua, Italy
Mantua ( ; ; Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2017, it was named as the "European Capital of Gastronomy", included in the Eastern Lombardy District (together with the cities of Bergamo, Brescia, and Cremona). In 2008, Mantua's ''centro storico'' (old town) and the nearby of Sabbioneta were declared by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family between 1328 and 1708 made it one of the main artistic, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy and of Italy as a whole. It had one of the most splendid courts of Europe of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and early seventeenth centuries. Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is also known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and the medieval and Renais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
