Giovanni Baptista (also Battista ) Ferrari (1 May 1584 in Siena – 1 February 1655 in Siena), was an Italian Jesuit , orientalist , university teacher and botanist . Linguistically highly gifted and an able scientist, at 21 years of age Ferrari knew a good deal of Hebrew and spoke and wrote excellent Greek and Latin . He became a professor of Hebrew and Rhetoric at the Jesuit College in Rome and in 1622 edited a Syriac - Latin dictionary ( Nomenclator Syriacus ).
19-556: Not to be confused with San Giovanni Battista . Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to " John the Baptist " in English, the French equivalent is " Jean-Baptiste ". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gianbattista, Giovambattista, or Giambo. In Genoese the nickname
38-507: A garden which was under the care of Ferrari. Ferrari dedicated the Latin edition of De Florum Cultura to Cardinal Francesco Barberini. Ludovico Aureli translated the book into Italian and dedicated this edition, which is entitled Flora, overo Cultura di Fiori (1638) or simply Flora , to Barberini's sister-in-law, Anna Colonna . Ferrari became Horticultural Advisor to the Papal family. Ferrari
57-493: A Syriac scholar of those days. His Orationes , first printed in Lyons in 1625, and several times reprinted, including two London editions in the 1650s and 1660s, are especially remarkable for four very noteworthy orations on the subject of Hebrew language and Hebrew literary style. In the oration on Hebraicae linguae suavitas Ferrari asserts the stylistic capabilities of Hebrew , and defends it against charges that it
76-807: A noted scholar and student of citrus, led to the creation of this work. The first volume of this work is devoted to citrus and its many varieties and variations. The plates were produced by the best artists of the time, such as Johann Friedrich Greuter , Cornelis Bloemaert and Nicolas Joseph Foucault . Plates were also prepared by the renowned painters and draughtsmen of Roman Baroque , such as Pietro da Cortona , Andrea Sacchi , Nicolas Poussin , Pietro Paolo Ubaldini , F. Perier, Francesco Albani , Filippo Gagliardi , Giovanni Francesco Romanelli , Guido Reni , Domenico Zampieri and H. Rinaldi. The plates show life-sized whole fruit, including sections. Other plates show Hercules , mythological scenes, garden buildings, Orangeries , garden tools, etc.. He published this at
95-424: A time growing interest in and structural sophistication of seventeenth-century orangeries , constructed needed to protected citrus trees from the cold of Northern Europe or heat of Italian summers. Both works are important as they display accurate representations. Ferrari was the first scientist to provide a complete description of the limes , lemons and pomegranates . He also described medical preparations,
114-578: A treatise on the use and beauty of the flower species, including their different varieties and mutations . Through his acquaintance with Cassiano dal Pozzo , secretary of Cardinal Francesco Barberini , he was appointed to manage the new garden at the Barberini Palace. The plants featured in Ferrari's research came from Cardinal Francesco Barberini 's private botanical garden , the Horti Barberini ,
133-709: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles San Giovanni Battista (disambiguation) San Giovanni Battista is the Italian translation of Saint John the Baptist . San Giovanni Battista may also refer to: Giovanni Battista Ferrari Giovanni Baptista Ferrari was born to an affluent Sienese family and entered the Jesuit Order in Rome at the age of 19 in April 1602. After studying metaphysics , logic and natural philosophy with Giuseppe Agostini (and after
152-1375: The OFM Giovanni Battista Dieter (1903–1955), German priest. Giovanni Battista Donati (1826–1873), astronomer. Giovanni Battista Doni (c.1593–1647), musicologist. Giovanni Battista Draghi (c.1640–1708), composer. Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–1793), composer. Giovanni Battista Ferrari , botanist. Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652–1737), sculptor. Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639–1709), painter. Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504–1573), novelist and poet. Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854–1925), zoologist. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1711–1786), luthier. Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538–1612), poet and diplomat. Giovanni Battista Guelphi , 18th century sculptor Giovanni Battista Hodierna (1597–1660), astronomer. Giovanni Battista di Jacopo, birth name of Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540), Italian painter. Giovanni Battista Lacchini (1884–1967), astronomer. Giovanni Battista Landolina , landowner and intellectual. Giovanni Battista Lenzi (1951–2009), Italian politician. Giovanni Battista Locatelli (disambiguation) , several people Giovanni Battista Lulli, birth name of Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687), Italian-born French composer. Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1755–1821), Italian painter who
171-3204: The Order of the Knights Hospitaller from 1467 to 1476 Giovanni Battista Paggi (1554–1627), painter. Giovanni Battista Pamphili, birth name of Pope Innocent X (1574–1655). Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736), composer. Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c.1704–1766), composer and organist. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (c.1683–1754), painter. Giovanni Battista Pioda (1808–1882), Swiss politician. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), artist. Giovanni Battista di Quadro , Polish-Italian architect. Giovanni Battista Re (1934–), cardinal. Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671), astronomer. Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592–1653), archbishop. Giovanni Battista de Rossi (1822–1894), archaeologist. Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794–1854), singer. Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1700–1775), composer and organist. Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609–1685), painter. Giovanni Battista Santini , architect. Giovanni Battista Sidotti (1668–1714), Jesuit priest and missionary. Giovanni Battista Tempesti , painter. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), painter. Giovanni Battista Trevano , architect. Giovanni Battista Vaccarini (1702–1768), architect. Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746–1822), physicist. Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824), violinist and composer. Giovanni Battista Vitali , composer. Giovanni Battista Volpati , (1633–1706), painter. Giovanni Battista Zupi (c.1590–1650), astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest. Giambattista [ edit ] Giambattista Andreini (1578–1650), actor and playwright. Giambattista Basile (1575–1632), poet, courtier, and fairytale collector. Giambattista Benedetti (1530–1590), mathematician. Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813), engraver and printer. Giambattista De Curtis (1860–1926), painter and poet. Giambattista Gelli (1498–1563), humanist. Giambattista Marini (1569–1625), poet. Giambattista Pittoni (1687–1767), painter. Giambattista della Porta (1538–1615), scholar, polymath, and child prodigy. Giambattista Valli , fashion designer. Giambattista Vico (1668–1744), philosopher, historian, jurist. Giambattista Busi (born 1968), former racing driver Giovan Battista [ edit ] Giovan Battista Aleotti (1546–1636), Italian architect Giovan Battista Carpi (1927–1999), Italian cartoonist Giovan Battista Cavagna (c. 1545–1613), Italian architect, engineer, and painter Giovan Battista della Cerva (c. 1515–1580), Italian painter Giovan Battista Cini (1525–1586), Italian playwright Giovan Battista di Crollalanza (1819–1892), Italian writer Giovan Battista Fabbri (1926–2015), Italian football player and manager Giovan Battista Perasso aka Balilla , 18th century legendary revolutionary Giovan Battista Pirovano (1937–2014), Italian footballer Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693), Neapolitan painter [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
190-427: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Battista&oldid=1209626683 " Categories : Given names Italian masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
209-457: The study and cultivation of ornamental plants, and published De Florum Cultura , which was illustrated with copperplates by, amongst others, Anna Maria Vaiani , possibly the first female copper-engraver. The first book deals with the design and maintenance of the garden and garden equipment. The second book provides descriptions of the different flowers, while the third book deals with the culture of these flowers. The fourth book, continues with
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#1733085949012228-512: The usual four years of theology ), he was sent to the Maronite college in Rome ;in 1615/16 – where he learnt Syriac . The early progress reports at the Collegio Romano are complimentary about his literary and Hebraic talents, but rather critical of what appears to have been his somewhat frail state of health and melancholy character. By the schoolyear of 1619-20 he
247-2028: Was Baciccio, and a common shortening was Giovan Battista, Giobatta or simply G.B.. The people listed below are Italian unless noted otherwise. Giovanni Battista Adriani (c.1511–1579), historian. Giovanni Battista Agnello (fl. 1560–1577), author and alchemist. Giovanni Battista Aleotti (1546–1636), architect. Giovanni Battista Amendola (1848–1887), sculptor. Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863), astronomer and microscopist. Giovanni Battista Angioletti (1896-1961), writer and journalist. Giovanni Battista Ballanti (1762–1835), sculptor. Giovanni Battista Barbiani (1593–1650), painter. Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist. Giovanni Battista Bellandi , sculptor. Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), explorer. Giovanni Battista Bernero (1736–1796), sculptor. Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772–1826), mineralogist and geologist. Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1780–1869), executioner. Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c.1595–1642), composer and violinist. Giovanni Battista Caccini , sculptor. Giovanni Battista Caporali (1476–1560), painter. Giovanni Battista Caprara (1733–1810), statesman and cardinal. Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578–1635), artist. Giovanni Battista Casanova , painter, brother of Giacomo Casanova. Giovanni Battista Castello , painter. Giovanni Battista Casti (1724–1803), poet and librettist. Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1820–1897), writer and art critic. Giovanni Battista Cibo, birth name of Pope Innocent VIII (1432–1492). Giovanni Battista Cima (c.1459–c.1517), painter. Giovanni Battista Cimaroli (1653–1714), painter. Giovanni Battista Cini (1525–c.1586), playwright. Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785), painter and engraver. Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808), cellist and composer. Giovanni Battista Crespi (1557–1663), painter, sculptor, and architect. Giovanni Battista de Campania (1633-1639), 64th Minister General of
266-514: Was a member of the Papal Commission charged with translating the Bible into Arabic . He was honoured in 1759, when botanist Philip Miller published Ferraria , which is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae and native to tropical and southern Africa . Ferrari's interests were not limited to Oriental languages. He devoted himself till 1632 to
285-655: Was also closely associated with the Lincei , and in Book 1, chapter 2 of his Flora , he expressly thanks Federico Cesi for his “erudite additions” (“erudite aggiunte”) and the Accademia for incurring “liberal expenses” (“liberale spesa”) in connection with this book. Another work is the Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor , first published in 1646. Ferrari's close relationship with Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657),
304-816: Was involved in the removal of the Elgin Marbles . Giovanni Battista Maganza (1513–1586), painter. Giovanni Battista Maini (1690–1752), sculptor. Giovanni Battista Mancini (1714–1800), voice teacher. Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784), musician. Giovanni Battista Michelini (1604–1655), painter. Giovanni Battista Monte (1498-1551), humanist physician and professor at Padua . Giovanni Battista Monti , painter. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, birth name of Pope Paul VI (1897–1978). Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682–1771), anatomist. Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1578), painter. Giovanni Battista Orsenigo (1837–1904), monk and dentist. Giovanni Battista Orsini , Grand Master of
323-466: Was limited and coarse; in the chapters Hebraicae Musae sive de Disciplinarum omnium Hebraica origine and Hebraicae litteraturae securitas, sive De arguto dicendi genere usurpando he justifies the difficulties of learning the language, and puts forward the case for studying it. His knowledge of the ancient authors, Greek and Latin, was extensive as was his command of the Semitic languages . Indeed, Ferrari
342-453: Was not a very successful effort, and has not enjoyed much esteem in the subsequent literature ( Bochart was especially cutting in his judgment). It is, however, interesting for its introduction, with its long list of profuse acknowledgements to various members of the Maronite college, especially Petrus Metoscita, and for its brief insight into the working procedures and resources of
361-541: Was teaching Arabic and Hebrew at the Roman College . His first published work was a Syriac Dictionary, or Nomenclator , which he published in 1622 (but with an approval from Mutio Vitelleschi and Francesco Donati of 1619). The chief object of the author is to explain the Syriac words in the Bible, in which he was assisted by some learned Maronites . Although pretty innovative for its time, Ferrari's Nomenclator
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