Giambattista Gelli

Giambattista Gelli (1498–1563) was a Florentine man of letters, from an artisan background.[1] Gelli was a shoemaker,[2] and he used to publish dialogues.[3] He is known for his works of the 1540s, Capricci del bottaio and La Circe, which are ethical and philosophical dialogues.[4] Other works were the plays La sporta (1543) and L'errore (1556). He became a member of the Accademia degli Umidi on 25 December 1540.[5]

Giambattista Gelli
Born12 August 1498, 1498 Edit this on Wikidata
Florence, Republic of Florence
Died24 July 1563, 1563 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 64)
Florence, Republic of Florence
OccupationWriter, art historian Edit this on Wikidata
MovementRenaissance

In his historical writings, Gelli was influenced by the late 15th-century forgeries of Annio da Viterbo, which purported to provide evidence from ancient texts to show that Tuscany had been founded by Noah and his descendants after the Deluge.[6]

Works
  • L'apparato et feste nelle nozze dello Illustrissimo Signor Duca di Firenze et della Duchessa sua Consorte, 1539;
  • Egloga per il felicissimo giorno 9 di gennaio nel quale lo Eccellentissimo Signor Cosimo fu fatto Duca di Firenze, 1542;
  • La sporta, 1543;
  • Dell'origine di Firenze, 1544;
  • I capricci del bottaio, 1546-1548;
  • La Circe, 1549;
  • Ragionamento sopra la difficultà di mettere in regole la nostra lingua, 1551;
  • Lo errore, 1556;
  • Polifila, 1556.
  • Piscini, Angela (2000). "GELLI, Giovan Battista". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 53: Gelati–Ghisalberti (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
  • Alessandro D'Alessandro (1980). "Il mito dell'origine « aramea » di Firenze in un trattatello di Giambattista Gelli". Archivio Storico Italiano. 138 (3): 339–389. JSTOR 26259494.

References
  1. Traver, Andrew G. (2001). Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620 : A biographical dictionary. Jo Eldridge Carney. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-1-56750-728-7.
  2. Baretti, Giuseppe (1757). The Italian library Containing an account of the lives and works of the most valuable authors of Italy. London: A. Millar. p. 128. OCLC 972339382.
  3. Burke, Peter (2004). Languages and communities in early modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780521535861.
  4. Laureys, Marc (2020). Spheres of Conflict and Rivalries in Renaissance Europe (in Italian). Jill Kraye, David A. Lines, Uwe Baumann, Marc Laureys, Concetta Bianca, Donatella Coppini. Gottingen: Bonn University Press. p. 69. ISBN 9783847006275.
  5. The reach of the republic of letters : literary and learned societies in late medieval and early modern Europe. Arjan van Dixhoorn, Susie Speakman Sutch. Leiden: Brill. 2008. p. 267. ISBN 978-90-474-4218-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Schwartz, Amy Gazin; Holtorf, Cornelius (1999). Archaeology and folklore. London; New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 174. ISBN 9781134634668.
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