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]

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Giambattista Gelli
Born	12 August 1498, 1498  Florence, Republic of Florence
Died	24 July 1563, 1563  (aged 64) Florence, Republic of Florence
Occupation	Writer, art historian
Movement	Renaissance

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.

External links

• 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.

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