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Antonio Maria Biscioni

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Antonio Maria Biscioni
Antonio Maria Biscioni, medal by Lorenzo Maria Weber (ca. 1697–1764)
Born14 August 1674 Edit this on Wikidata
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died4 May 1756 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 81)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
OccupationPhilologist, librarian Edit this on Wikidata

Antonio Maria Biscioni (14 August 1674 – 4 May 1756) was an Italian historian, philologist, and librarian for the Laurentian library of Florence. He was born in Florence and entered religious orders. Among his pupils were Giovanni Gaetano Bottari. He wrote a history of Pistoia in the 14th-century: Historie pistolesi, ovvero delle cose avvenute in Toscana dall'anno 1300 al 1348. He catalogued the Hebrew and Greek biblical texts in the Laurenziana: Bibliothecae Ebraicae Graecae Florentinae, sive Bibliothecae Mediceo-Laurenzianae, Volume 1. He was a member of the Accademia della Crusca.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Partly derived from Italian Wikipedia entry.
  2. ^ Enciclopedia Economica Accomodata All'Intelligenza, Volume 1; by Francesco Predari, Presso Bazzarini e Brochenaus/Presso Giuseppe Marghieri, Naples 1860; page 512-513.
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  • Petrucci, Armando (1968). "BISCIONI, Antonio Maria". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 10: Biagio–Boccaccio (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.