Article ID: CBB381531349

Abacisti perugini e fiorentini attivi a Perugia tra XIV e XV secolo (2018)

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Various registers found in the State Archives in Perugia and Rome and in the Vatican’s Secret Archives attest that in the 15th century, albeit not with continuity, the Savi of Perugia Studio and the Priors of the city appointed nineteen teachers, at least ten of them coming from Florence, to teach the abacus. However, as early as 1389, certain documents from Perugia mentioned public lectures of «arismetrica seu geometria vel abbacho» within the program of the university studies. We have already abundantly written in previous articles about five of the teachers who taught in Perugia, namely the Florentines Antonio and Niccolò Micceri, Benedetto di Antonio, Antonio Grassini, and Luca Pacioli from Borgo Sansepolcro. In this work, we report some news on four more abacists: Petrozzo di Massolo and Anastagio di Maestro Orvietano, from Perugia, who were active in their hometown between the last thirty years of 1300 and the frst decade of 1400, Antonio di Giovanni from Città di Castello, who taught in Prato and Perugia between 1404 and 1423, and the Florentine Pietro di Caroso Segni, who taught in Perugia between 1441 and 1445. Our information comes from published texts, but mostly from unpublished documents of the State Archives in Perugia, Florence and Prato, as well as of the Florence National Library.

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Authors & Contributors
Ulivi, Elisabetta
Høyrup, Jens
Franci, Elisabetta
Wess, Jane A.
Firenze, Jacopo da
Fiocca, Alessandra
Concepts
Abacus
Mathematics
Calculating machines
Mathematical instruments
Manuscripts
Biographies
Time Periods
Medieval
14th century
Renaissance
15th century
16th century
13th century
Places
Italy
Florence (Italy)
Pisa (Italy)
Bologna (Italy)
France
Europe
Institutions
Science Museum, London
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