Biography:Rafael Mirami
Rafael Mirami | |
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| Born | 16th century Duchy of Ferrara |
| Occupation | Author Optical physicist |
| Years active | fl. 1582 |
| Known for | Study of catoptrical sciences |
Rafael Mirami (Italian: Raffaele Mirami; fl. 1582) was a 16th-century Jewish author and optical physicist from the city of Ferrara.[1] He is described as having "pioneered" the field of catoptrics.[2]
Biography
Mirami was active in the 16th century in the city of Ferrara. He wrote poetry and studied the science of optics and mirrors.[3] He described little of himself in his writing, but presented himself as Jewish and a physicist.[4] His Treatise, A Concise Introduction to the First Part of the Specularia..., was published in 1582.[5] Some have credited his work around mirrors to have been influential in the development of scientific skepticism using reflective thinking.[6] He also cited the field of catoptrics development and discovery to the thinking of sages, requiring a superior state of mind and wisdom. This has been credited as a fallacy of appeal to ancient wisdom.[7]
Mirami's work in catoptrics allowed him to make astronomical calculations based off of reflections,[8] and his research in its applications is credited with having helped Pope Gregory XIII recalculate measurements for the creation of the Gregorian calendar.[2]
He was an admirer of Abramo Colorni, and often cited him in his works.[9][10] He also cited in his treatise the works of Dante, Horace, and Petrarch.[11]
Works
- Mirami, Rafael (1582) (in it). Compendiosa introduttione alla prima parte della specularia, cioe della scienza de gli specchi. Opera noua, nella quale breuemente, e con facil modo si discorreintorno agli specchi e si rende la cagione, di tutti i loro miracolosieffetti composta da Rafael Mirami. Heredi di Francesco Rossi & Paolo Tortorino. https://books.google.com/books/about/Compendiosa_introduttione_alla_prima_par.html?id=U6FSbrRIj0kC.
- Mirami, Rafael (1582) (in it). Tauole della Prima Parte della Specularia, cioe della Scienza de gli Specchi. Heredi di Francesco Rossi & Paolo Tortorino. https://books.google.com/books?id=fCM8AAAAcAAJ.
References
- ↑ Elbogen, Ismar; Jacobs, Joseph; Seligsohn, M.. "FERRARA". https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6090-ferrara.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sachar, Abram Leon (1995) (in en). Brandeis University: A Host at Last. UPNE. pp. 115. ISBN 978-0-87451-585-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=axYr8im9gqcC.
- ↑ Mirami, Rafael (in Italian), Compendiosa Introduttione alla Prima Parte della Specularia, Heirs of Francesco Rossi and Paolo Tortorino, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/12959, retrieved 2025-02-21
- ↑ Ader. "MIRAMI (Rafael)" (in fr). https://www.ader-paris.fr/en/lot/101534/11721724.
- ↑ "Mirami Rafael , Compendiosa introduttione alla prima parte della specularia, cioe della scienza de gli specchi.". https://www.bibliotecauniversitaria.ge.it/en/catalogo-storico/mirami-rafael-xvi-sec-compendiosa-introduttione-alla-prima-parte-della-specularia-cioe-della-scienza-de-gli-specchi-3343.html.
- ↑ Castaldini, Alberto (2018). "Rafael Mirami’s Specularia (1582)" (in English). Transylvanian Review XXVII (Suppl 1): 197–211. ISSN 1221-1249. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=714604.
- ↑ Mallez, Isabelle; Milani, Raffaele (2010) (in it). Nel cuore della meraviglia: Omaggio a Jurgis Baltrušaitis. pp. 11. ISBN 9788890522406. https://amsacta.unibo.it/id/eprint/2881/1/2._Mallez_-_Milani.pdf.
- ↑ Sebastian, Matias de Aguierre y (1654) (in es). Navidad de Zaragoza repartida en quatro noches. Juan de Ybar. pp. 48. https://books.google.com/books?id=r7ddAAAAcAAJ.
- ↑ Jutte, Daniel (2015-05-26). "Five. Abramo Colorni, Professor of Secrets" (in en). The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400†“1800. Yale University Press. doi:10.12987/9780300213423-006. ISBN 978-0-300-21342-3. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.12987/9780300213423-006.
- ↑ "The Culture of Profession in Late Renaissance Italy 9781442681071" (in en). https://dokumen.pub/the-culture-of-profession-in-late-renaissance-italy-9781442681071.html.
- ↑ Reeves, Eileen (2009-07-01) (in en). Galileo’s Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror. Harvard University Press. pp. 36-37. ISBN 978-0-674-04263-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=WWu8D4yoh_UC.
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