Marc'Antonio Mazzoleni
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Marc'Antonio Mazzoleni was a Paduan instrument maker best known for his association with Galileo Galilei, for whom Mazzoleni produced instruments including Galileo's military compasses and other instr
Galileo's geometrical and military compass, thought to have been made c. 1604 by Mazzoleni
University of Padua
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The University of Padua is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in V
Marc'Antonio Mazzoleni
…uncle Francesco operated a successful artisan workshop in Padua. Marc'Antonio's older brother Mario was to hold the chair in Natural Philosophy at the University of Padua, a position that he held for thirty-six years. Mazzoleni had been working as an instrument maker at the Arsenale in Venice when, in 1597, Galileo hired…
The university houses the oldest surviving permanent anatomical theatre in Europe, dating from 1595
Palazzo Bo is the historical seat of University of Padua since 1493
Diploma of Girolamo Martinengo, 1582
Coats of arms of professors and students in the Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1966