INGHIRAMI

inghirami, the name of an italian noble family of volterra. the following are its most important members: tommaso inghirami (1470-1516), a humanist, is best known for his latin orations, seven of which were published in 1777. his success in the part of phaedra in a presentation of seneca's _hippolytus_ (or _phaedra_) led to his being generally known as _fedra_. he received high honours from alexander vi., leo x. and maximilian i. francesco inghirami (1772-1846), a distinguished archaeologist, fought in the french wars (1799), and afterwards devoted himself especially to the study of etruscan antiquities. he founded a college at fiesole and collected, though without critical insight, a mass of valuable material in his _monumenti etruschi_ (10 vols., 1820-1827), _galleria omerica_ (3 vols., 1829-1851), _pitture di vasi fittili_ (1831-1837), _museo etrusco chiusino_ (2 vols., 1833), and the incomplete _storia della toscana_ (1841-1845): these works were elaborately illustrated. his brother, giovanni inghirami (1779-1851), was an astronomer of repute. he was professor of astronomy at the institute founded by ximenes in florence and published beside a number of text-books _effemeridi dell' occultazione delle piccole stelle sotto la luna_ (1809-1830); _effemeridi di venese e giove all' uso de' naviganti_ (1821-1824); _tavole astronomichi universali portatili_ (1811); _base trigonometrica misurata in toscana_ (1818); _carta topografica e geometrica della toscana_ (1830).