Antonio Maria Biscioni


Antonio Maria Biscioni 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:, Volume 1. He was a member of the Accademia della Crusca.

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