AMMIRATO, Scipione. – Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 Cosimo commissioned him to write the entire history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books, from its origins down to Cosimo’s death (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, but his Discourses on Tacitus and the Florentine Histories are regarded as his most important works. No new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year MCCCXXXIII, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
MDC.
With the licence of the Superiors and privileges.
(Not. Enc. Catt.)AMMIRATO, Scipione. — Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the train of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and quiet activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. The latter commissioned him in 1570 to write the complete history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books from the origins down to the death of Cosimo (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, but his Discourses on Tacitus and the Florentine Histories are regarded as his most important works. He has no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year 1333, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI
MDC
With the licence of the Superintendents and privileges.AMMIRATO Scipione - Istorie fiorentine. Title page of the Giuntina edition of 1600 - Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale.
AMMIRATO, Scipione. - Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 Cosimo commissioned him to write the entire history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books from its origins down to Cosimo’s death (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, but his Discourses on Tacitus and the Istorie fiorentine are regarded as his most important works. He has no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year MCCCXXXIII, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
MDC.
With the licence of the Superintendents and privileges.AMMIRATO, Scipione. — Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the train of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and quiet activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 Cosimo commissioned him to write the entire history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books, from its origins down to Cosimo’s death (1574). He was indefatigable in his labours and prolific in his writings, yet his *Discourses on Tacitus* and the *Florentine Histories* are regarded as his most important works. He introduced no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year MCCCXXXIII, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
M DC.
With the licence of the Superintendents and privileges.
AMMIRATO, Scipione – Florentine Histories. Title page of the Giuntina edition of 1600 – Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale.
AMMIRATO, Scipione. – Historian, b. at Lecce 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 Cosimo commissioned him to write the entire history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books from the origins down to Cosimo’s death (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, yet his Discourses on Tacitus and the Florentine Histories are regarded as his most important works. He has no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year MCCCXXXIII, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
was restored to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
MDC.
With the licence of the Superintendents and privileges.
(Enc. Catt.)AMMIRATO, Scipione. — Historian, born at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, died at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 Cosimo commissioned him to write the entire history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books, from its origins down to Cosimo’s death (1574). He was indefatigable in his labours and prolific in his writings, yet his Discourses on Tacitus and the Florentine Histories are regarded as his most important works. He has no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year 1333, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
MDC.
With the licence of the Superiors and privileges.AMMIRATO Scipione - Istorie fiorentine. Title page of the Giuntina edition of 1600 - Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale.
AMMIRATO, Scipione. – Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the train of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 the latter commissioned him to write the complete history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books from its origins down to the death of Cosimo (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, but his Discourses on Tacitus and the Florentine Histories are regarded as his most important works. He has no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year MCCCXXXIII, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI
MDC
With the licence of the Superiors and privileges.AMMIRATO, Scipione. — Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the train of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 the latter commissioned him to write the entire history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books, from its origins down to the death of Cosimo (1574). He was indefatigable and prolific, yet his *Discourses on Tacitus* and the *Florentine Histories* are regarded as his most important works. He introduced no new con-
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year 1333, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
MDC.
With the licence of the Superiors and privileges.
AMMIRATO, Scipione – *Istorie fiorentine*. Title page of the Giuntina edition of 1600 – Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale.
AMMIRATO, Scipione. – Historian, b. at Lecce 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served several persons as secretary. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 the latter commissioned him to write the complete history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books, from its origins down to the death of Cosimo (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, but his *Discorsi sopra Tacito* and the *Storie Fiorentine* are regarded as his most important works. No new contributions
Librivieni.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
Up to the year MCCCXXXIII, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
returned to his native city.
IN FLORENCE
AT THE PRINTING-HOUSE OF FILIPPO GIUNTI.
MDC.
With the licence of the Superiors and privileges.
(Not. Enc. Catt.)
AMMIRATO Scipione – *Istorie fiorentine*. Title page of the Giuntina edition of 1600 – Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale.AMMIRATO, Scipione. – Historian, b. at Lecce on 27 Sept. 1531, d. at Florence in 1601; his ancestors, originally from Florence, had moved to Lecce in the retinue of Charles of Anjou. He led an adventurous life and served as secretary to several persons. He took minor orders and finally found peace and tranquil activity in the Florence of Cosimo I. In 1570 the latter commissioned him to write the complete history of Florence, which he narrated in 35 books, from its origins down to the death of Cosimo (1574). He was very industrious and wrote much, but his *Discourses on Tacitus* and the *Florentine Histories* are regarded as his most important works.
V. AMMIRAZIONE.
From the Beginning of the City
Up to the Year 1333, in which
Cosimo de’ Medici the Elder
was restored to his homeland.
In Florence
At the Printing House of Filippo Giunti
MDC
With the permission of the Superiors and privileges.
(Not. Enc. Catt.)
AMMIRATO Scipione – *Florentine Histories*. Title page of the Giuntina edition of 1600 – Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale.
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AMMON. – Ancient Egyptian deity, whose name is written in hieroglyphs as *Jmn* or *Jmn-Ra* when identified with the sun-god Ra. He was originally a local god of Thebes, where he formed a triad with Mut and Chonsu. His cult spread from Thebes to the rest of Egypt, and he was later identified with the sun-god under the name Ammon-Ra, inaugurating the dynasty of priest-kings (XXI dynasty). Many hymns and prayers to Ammon-Ra have come down to us (cf. A. Ermann, *Die Literatur der Aegypter*, Leipzig 1923, pp. 350 ff.).
The cult of Ammon then spread to North Africa (Nubia, Libyan Oases). At Siwa, Alexander the Great was proclaimed son of Ammon by the oracle (332 BC). This oracle of Ammon at Siwa became most famous (whence Marmaricus Ammon in Claudian, Eutropius), down to the 3rd century AD. From there it spread to Greece, where Ammon was identified with Zeus, hence Zeus-Ammon “maker of gods and men.” The Romans confused Jupiter Ammon (hence they wrote Hammon: Virgil, *Aeneid* IV, 198) with the Phoenician god Baal Hammon, worshipped at Carthage.
Ammon is mentioned in the Masoretic text at Nah. 3:8 and Jer. 46:25. In Nahum, Thebes is called “the dwelling of Ammon” (*Nō’-Āmōn*), and in Jeremiah 46:25 (and Ezek. 30:10, 15 ff.) *Nō’*. The Vulgate mistakenly translates *Nō’* in these passages as “Alexandria” and *‘Āmōn* as “populi” (Nahum) or “tumultus” (Jeremiah).