ADRIANI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1513-1579) , Italian historian, was born of a patrician family of Florence, and was secretary to the republic of Florence. He was among the de-fenders of the city during the siege of 1530, but subsequently joined the Medici party and was appointed
at the university. At the instance of Cosimo I. he wrote a history of his own times, from 1536 to 1574, in Italian, which is generally, but according to
. De Thou acknowledges himself greatly indebted to this history, praising it especially for its accuracy. Adriani composed funeral orations in Latin on the emperor Charles V. and other noble personages, and was the author of a
; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)
on ancient painters and sculptors prefixed to the third volume of
. His Isloria dei suoi tempi was published in Florence in 1583; a new edition appeared also in Florence in 1872. See G. M. Mazzucchelli, Gli Scrittori d' Italia, i. p. 151 (Brescia, 1753).
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