Francesco Giorgi
<p ><b>Francesco Giorgi</b> Veneto<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Giorgi#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> (1466–1540) was a Venetian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan" title="Franciscan" >Franciscan</a> friar, and author of the work <i>De harmonia mundi totius</i> from 1525. The <i>Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy</i> describes him as 'idiosyncratic'.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Giorgi#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> He wrote also <i>In Scripturam Sacram Problemata</i> (1536).
Giorgi is extensively discussed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Yates" title="Frances Yates" >Frances Yates</a>, <i>The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age</i></p>
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She also discusses Shakespeare's <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" title="The Merchant of Venice" >The Merchant of Venice</a></i> in the light of the theory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Banes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Banes (page does not exist)" >Daniel Banes</a> that Shakespeare was familiar with Giorgi's and related writings on the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah" title="Kabbalah" >Cabala</a></i>. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Giorgi#cite_note-4" >[4]</a></sup></p>
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<i>De harmonia mundi totius</i>.</div>
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<p >A copy of <i>De harmonia mundi</i> is listed as once in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Sir_Thomas_Browne" title="Library of Sir Thomas Browne" >Library of Sir Thomas Browne</a>. It is possible that Browne's copy was bequeathed to him from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Dee" title="Arthur Dee" >Arthur Dee</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee" title="John Dee" >John Dee</a> is also known to have possessed a copy of Giorgi's work.</p>