Aquilano (Serafino), born at Aquila (1466-1500).
Bandettini (Teresa), (1756-*). Marone, Quercio, and Silvio Antoniano (eighteenth century).
Beronicius (P. J.), who could convert extempore into Latin or Greek verse a Dutch newspaper or anything else which he heard (died 1676).
Corilla (Maria Magdalena), of Pistoia. Mde. de Staël has borrowed her Corinne from this improvisatrix. Crowned at Rome in 1766 (1740-1800).
Gianni (Francis), an Italian, made imperial poet by Napoleon, whose victories he celebrated in verse (1759-1823).
Jehan (Núr), of Bengal, during the sultanship of Jehánger. She was the inventor of the otto of roses (died 1645).
Karsch (Anne Louisa), of Germany.
Mazzei (Signora), the most talented of all improvisators.
Metastasio (Pietro B.), of Assisi, who developed, at the age of ten, a wonderful talent for extemporizing in verse (1698-1782).
Perfetti (Bernardino), of Sienna, who received a laurel crown in the capitol, an honor conferred only on Petrarch and Tasso (1681-1747).