Name

Luigi Ferdinando Marsili

Original name

Main activity

General

Secondary activity

Scientist

Title

Count

Name variations

Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli"

Education place

Bologna

Education institution

Activity place

Bologna

Activity institution

Istituto delle Scienze

Activity start date

1714

Activity end date

Place of birth

Bologna

Date of birth

1658

Place of death

Bologna

Date of death

1730

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (d. 1730) has the merit of having collected and organized one of the largest collections of Islamic manuscripts in 18th century Europe. Most of them are the result of the sack of Buda in 1686, but Marsili did also purchase manuscripts of his interest, mainly military and natural sciences, with the objective of having them translated. Now his collection is held at the Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna.

Entry author

Michele Petrone