ARMORUM Authority Record

Andrea Alciati

Alciati, Andrea 4 linked works

Italy 1492 - 15501520s-1550

Italian jurist, humanist, and emblem writer whose fame rests on legal scholarship and the extraordinarily influential `Emblemata`. Within this project he is best understood as a contextual author from the broader Renaissance learned world in which symbols of virtue, honour, civic conduct, and martial identity circulated widely.

4 Linked works

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2 Chronology points

Previous Authority Giulio Ferretti Next Authority Achille Marozzo

Authority Overview

Authorized nameAndrea Alciati

Sort nameAlciati, Andrea

Given namesAndrea

Family nameAlciati

Birth year1492

Death year1550

Floruit1520s-1550

NationalityItaly

Editorial notes

He is only martial-adjacent and should likely remain separated conceptually from technical fencing masters in any later authority display logic.

Sources: [Wikisource: Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on Andrea Alciati](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Alciati%2C_Andrea) | [University of Glasgow: Alciato at Glasgow](https://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/books.php?id=A50a) | [Catholic Encyclopedia: Andrea Alciati](https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273b.htm)