| honeybee4
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Viva! Jake guessed it again. Your turn Jake.
Reply #8261. Apr 26 12, 9:05 PM
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Jakeroo 
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Gracias honeybee
Or Grazie, perhaps, since I am an Italian male nearly 500 years dead.
Reply #8262. Apr 27 12, 5:22 PM
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tobyone
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Were you Italian nobility?
Reply #8263. Apr 27 12, 6:19 PM
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Jakeroo
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Not nobility. But I had a very specific occupation, of which there were relatively few at the time.
Reply #8264. Apr 27 12, 6:41 PM
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daver852
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Were you a goldsmith? Cellini?
Reply #8265. Apr 27 12, 7:12 PM
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Jakeroo
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not a goldsmith. But I "smithed" another thing (not chemically related).
Reply #8266. Apr 27 12, 8:29 PM
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paulmallon
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were you an archeologist?
Reply #8267. Apr 27 12, 8:30 PM
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Jakeroo
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well I suppose there could well have been archeologists in the 1500's, but I'm afraid I haven't heard of any that got recorded.
But speaking of "recorded"....
Reply #8268. Apr 27 12, 11:05 PM
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tobyone
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Maestro Bartolomeo Beretta?
Reply #8269. Apr 28 12, 12:14 AM
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Jakeroo
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ooo, that's such a great guess it makes me wish I had picked that man, but alas, my skills were something much less complex, but have a great deal of influence on something we all do today (when we don't have a computer at "hand")
Reply #8270. Apr 28 12, 12:49 AM
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tobyone
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Were you also responsible for translating works by earlier "experts" in your field?
Reply #8271. Apr 28 12, 1:41 AM
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Jakeroo
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I'm afraid there is not enough information on me to know if I was capable of translating, but it's certainly possible as at some point I worked for the Pope.
Reply #8272. Apr 28 12, 7:23 AM
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daver852
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Niccolo de Niccoli?
Reply #8273. Apr 28 12, 1:32 PM
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Jakeroo
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Nick was about a century too early, but you're definitely on the "write" track, daver : )
This is probably a person no one has heard of outside a specific circle of hobbyists, so I'll tell you it's one of my personal ones lol
Reply #8274. Apr 28 12, 1:40 PM
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tobyone
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Giambattista Palatino?
Reply #8275. Apr 28 12, 4:12 PM
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tobyone
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Or Ludovico Vicentino de Arrighi?
Reply #8276. Apr 28 12, 4:21 PM
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daver852
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Bennardino Cataneo?
Reply #8277. Apr 28 12, 4:44 PM
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Jakeroo
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Arrighi is correct. I didn't honestly think anyone would get this one. You're amazing Tobyone!!!!!!!!!
Reply #8278. Apr 28 12, 6:16 PM
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tobyone
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Thank you, Jakeroo. The research was fascinating.
I'm delighted to be "amazing" - it's the Irish in me!
On that note, I'm a deceased Irishman.
Reply #8279. Apr 28 12, 6:47 PM
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paulmallon
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Jake -what was the hobby, if you don't mind?
Reply #8280. Apr 28 12, 7:55 PM
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