Giovanni Demisiani ( el, Ἰωάννης Δημησιάνος; died 1614), a

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from

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, was a

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

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Cardinal Gonzaga Ercole Gonzaga (23 November 1505 – 2 March 1563) was an Italian Cardinal. Biography Born in Mantua, he was the son of the Marquis Francesco Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este, and nephew of Cardinal Sigismondo Gonzaga. He studied philosophy at Bo ...

, and member of the

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."The Eye of the Lynx" by David Freedberg, Page 115
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'' (from the

τῆλε, ''tele'' "far" and σκοπεῖν, ''skopein'' "to look or see") for a version of the instrument presented by

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He ...

to the

at a banquet honoring Galileo’s induction into the Accademia in 1611.

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