Carlo Malagola
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Carlo Malagola was a 19th century Italian historian
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Among others, he studied the archives of Bologna
, and the life of Antonio Urceo (Antonius Urceus), called Codro (:de:Urceus Codrus, 1446–1500), who had taught Greek to Nicolaus Copernicus
. Malagola discovered that according to the note Dominus Nicolaus Kopperlingk de Thorn - IX grossetos the young Prussian had enrolled in the Acta nationis Germanorum at Bologna
in 1496 for the fee of 9 Groschen
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Malagola also revealed that the librarian Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli
in Padua
had falsely claimed in 1726 that he had seen an entry of Copernicus in records of a "Polish nation" at the university. In the century that had passed since, this claim had been widely published and "found a place in all subsequent biographies of Copernicus, but the decorative particulars added by the historian of the Patavian university have been shown to be wholly incorrect" and utterly baseless.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
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Among others, he studied the archives of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, and the life of Antonio Urceo (Antonius Urceus), called Codro (:de:Urceus Codrus, 1446–1500), who had taught Greek to Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
. Malagola discovered that according to the note Dominus Nicolaus Kopperlingk de Thorn - IX grossetos the young Prussian had enrolled in the Acta nationis Germanorum at Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
in 1496 for the fee of 9 Groschen
Groschen
Groschen was the name for a coin used in various German-speaking states as well as some non-German-speaking countries of Central Europe , the Danubian principalities...
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Malagola also revealed that the librarian Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli
Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli
Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli was an Italian lawyer and historian of Greek origin....
in Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
had falsely claimed in 1726 that he had seen an entry of Copernicus in records of a "Polish nation" at the university. In the century that had passed since, this claim had been widely published and "found a place in all subsequent biographies of Copernicus, but the decorative particulars added by the historian of the Patavian university have been shown to be wholly incorrect" and utterly baseless.
Works
- Carlo Malagola, Mauro Sarti, Mauro Fattorini, Cesare Albicini: De claris Archigymnasii bononiensis professoribus a saeculo XI usque ad ... (Ex officina regiafratrum Merlani, 1896)
- Carlo Malagola: Della vita e delle opere di Antonio Urceo detto Codro: studi e ricerche (Fava e Garagnani, 1878)
- at openlibrary.org http://openlibrary.org/a/OL5999176A/Carlo-Malagola
- at archive.org http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Malagola