Paul Engle
Paul Engle is an independent researcher with a long standing interest in Antonio Neri, glassmaking and early modern science.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
#histSTM #earlymodern Antonio Neri L'Arte Vetraria Alchemy Florence Antwerp Murano Neri Neri glassmaking Pisa Don Antonio de' Medici Venice Paracelsus Galileo Ximenes Pliny Don Antonio Casino di San Marco Neri
12 February 2021
Antonio Neri's family arms, from the vestibuleof the Palazzo Marzichi-Lenzi, Florence.Archiater was a title used in ancient times for the doctors of Roman Emperors. Later, this...
10 February 2021
Possible portrait of Lodovico Domenichi,British Museum, inventory #1867,1012.650This is a post about a 16th century poet who was best friends with alchemist/glassmaker Antonio...
8 February 2021
Ferdinando de’ Medici (1549-1609),Scipione Pulzone (1544 - 1598), Private collection.Antonio Neri's father, Neri Neri, was royal physician to the family of Grand Duke Ferdinando...
5 February 2021
Trajan's Column, RomeGiovanni Battista Piranesi (1758)In the seventeenth century, alchemy was a dangerous business. Yes, there were risks of sanctions by the authorities, which...