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Matteo Botti
Matteo
Botti
was an
Italian
scientific instrument
maker
.
Botti came from a Cremonese
family
on which
Cosimo I de' Medici
conferred
Florentine
citizenship
. He was a member of the
Accademia degli Alterati
and the
Accademia Fiorentina
. He
undertook
various
missions
abroad as an
ambassador
for
Ferdinand I
and
Cosimo II
. In
1591
, he was made a
Knight
of the
Order of Saint Stephen
.