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Abramo Colorni

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Italian-Jewish polymath (1544-1599)

ArchitectsLived 1544 to 1599 · aged 55
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Abramo Colorni was an Italian-Jewish polymath and Renaissance man. An engineer, architect, mathematician, chiromancer, cryptographer, alchemist, inventor, magus (magician) and merchant, Colorni spent nine years as a Court Jew for Rudolf II. He is the author of the 1593 treatise on cryptography, Scotographia.

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1593, Scotographia, published in Prague, collection of Biblioteca Teresiana[1]1593, Scotographia, published in Prague, collection of Biblioteca Teresiana[1]From an 18th-century copy of Clavicula Salomonis, the use of knives, swords, and wands[11]From an 18th-century copy of Clavicula Salomonis, the use of knives, swords, and wands[11]Šelomoh b. Avraham b. Šemuʼel, of Urbino, Ohel Mo‘ed, Venice 1548; title page. (Kaufmann B 33) Hebrew cursive purchase note, Abramo Colorni, in Prague in 1590, top.Šelomoh b. Avraham b. Šemuʼel, of Urbino, Ohel Mo‘ed, Venice 1548; title page. (Kaufmann B 33) Hebrew cursive purchase note, Abramo Colorni, in Prague in 1590, top.Colorni's carriage with odometer, from Euthimetria, Herzog August Library [23]Colorni's carriage with odometer, from Euthimetria, Herzog August Library [23]table from Scotographia, 1593table from Scotographia, 1593Cipher wheel from Scotographia, spider in center trapping insect reading "RETI MEO CAPITVR," (in my net he is caught) "and he will be caught in my snare," a reference to Ezekiel 17:20,[28] Biblioteca Teresiana[1]Cipher wheel from Scotographia, spider in center trapping insect reading "RETI MEO CAPITVR," (in my net he is caught) "and he will be caught in my snare," a reference to Ezekiel 17:20,[28] Biblioteca Teresiana[1]

Architects born in the 1540s 6

Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder39.5Carlo Lambardi35.7Anthonis van Obbergen40.3Domenico Tibaldi35.5Battista Antonelli41.1Girolamo Cattaneo35.4

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Abramo Colorni was an Italian-Jewish polymath and Renaissance man. An engineer, architect, mathematician, chiromancer, cryptographer, alchemist, inventor, magus (magician) and merchant, Colorni spent nine years as a Court Jew for Rudolf II. He is the author of the 1593 treatise on cryptography, Scotographia. As court alchemist, he was a major player in cultural transfer from Italy to Baden-Wurttemberg and Prague. He was born in, and died in, Mantua, Italy.

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Lived 1544 to 1599 · aged 55
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