Nicola Antonio Stigliola
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Nicola Antonio Stigliola (Also: Colantonio Stelliola) (1546 Nola
– 1623 Naples
) was an Italian
philosopher, printer
, architect
, and medical doctor
. He was a friend to Tommaso Campanella
and Giordano Bruno
and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei
.
The following are works by Stigliola:
Theriace et Mithridatia Libellus (1577)
De gli elementi mechanici (1597)
Telescopio, over ispecillo celeste (1627 posth.)
Encyclopedia pythagorea (1616) [Only the index and section Delle apparenze celesti (1616) are believed to exist]
Nola
Nola is a city and comune of Campania, southern Italy, in the province of Naples, situated in the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines...
– 1623 Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
) was an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
philosopher, printer
Printer (publisher)
In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
, architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, and medical doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
. He was a friend to Tommaso Campanella
Tommaso Campanella
Tommaso Campanella OP , baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet.-Biography:...
and Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno , born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreover, that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited...
and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei
Accademia dei Lincei
The Accademia dei Lincei, , is an Italian science academy, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy....
.
The following are works by Stigliola:
Theriace et Mithridatia Libellus (1577)
De gli elementi mechanici (1597)
Telescopio, over ispecillo celeste (1627 posth.)
Encyclopedia pythagorea (1616) [Only the index and section Delle apparenze celesti (1616) are believed to exist]