Antonio Manetti (1423 - 1497)

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An Italian mathematician and architect from Florence. He was also the biographer of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi. He is particularly noted for his investigations into the site, shape and size of Dante’s Inferno. Although Manetti never himself published his research regarding the topic, the earliest Renaissance Florentine editors of the poem, Cristoforo Landino and Girolamo Benivieni, reported the results of his researches in their respective editions of the Divine Comedy.

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Born: 6 July 1423 in Florence

Died: 26 May 1497

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