WRITER

Bartolomeo Platina

1421 - 1481

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Bartolomeo Sacchi (Italian: [ˌbartɔlɔˈmɛɔ ˈsakki]; 1421 – 21 September 1481), known as il Platina (Italian: [il ˈplatina]) after his birthplace of Piadena, was an Italian Renaissance humanist writer and gastronomist, author of what is considered the first printed cookbook. Platina started his career as a private soldier, before gaining long-term patronage from the Gonzagas. He studied under the Byzantine humanist philosopher John Argyropulos in Florence, where he frequented other fellow humanists, as well as members of the ruling Medici family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartolomeo Platina has received more than 98,172 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomeo Platina is the 1,804th most popular writer (up from 1,983rd in 2019), the 1,874th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,973rd in 2019) and the 128th most popular Italian Writer.

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Notable Works

De honesta voluptate et valetudine
Hystoria de vitis pontificum periucunda, diligenter recognita, & nunc tantum integre impressa
Popes
Delle vite de' pontefici
Catholic Church, Popes, History
Delle vita de' Pontefici
B. Platinae Historia de Vitis Pontificum Romanorum, a D. N. Iesu Christo usque ad Paulum Papam II
Historia B. Plantinae De vitis pontificum Romanorum
Catholic Church, History, Popes

Page views of Bartolomeo Platinas by language

Over the past year Bartolomeo Platina has had the most page views in the with 10,467 views, followed by Italian (5,479), and Spanish (2,326). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (25.30%), Esperanto (22.91%), and Egyptian Arabic (19.88%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 1,804 out of 7,302Before him are Desanka Maksimović, Cangrande I della Scala, Lilya Brik, Elvira Madigan, Albert Gleizes, and Sanai. After him are Alejandra Pizarnik, Philemon, Mir Taqi Mir, Alberto Manguel, Petros Markaris, and Alfredo M. Bonanno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1421, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 5Before him are Henry VI of England, Lazar Branković, Charles, Prince of Viana, and Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici. After him are Vasily Kosoy, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. Among people deceased in 1481, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 7Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Christian I of Denmark, Afonso V of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, Ikkyū, and Axayacatl. After him are Agostino di Duccio, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Erik Axelsson Tott, John I, Duke of Cleves, Charles IV of Anjou, and Francesco Filelfo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 1,874 out of 5,161Before him are Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1413), Paolo Boi (1528), Cangrande I della Scala (1291), Antonio Sacchini (1730), Alessandra Mussolini (1962), and Eugene de Blaas (1843). After him are Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma (1678), Christian Vieri (1973), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), Philemon (-362), Claudia Antonia (30), and Lino Lacedelli (1925).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 128Before him are Archestratus (-350), Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446), Gaius Julius Solinus (400), Tavo Burat (1932), Tonino Guerra (1920), and Cangrande I della Scala (1291). After him are Philemon (-362), Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937), Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Caecilius Statius (-230), Cesare Zavattini (1902), and Paulinus II of Aquileia (740).