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Salvino D'Armato degli Armati of Florence is sometimes credited with the invention of eyeglasses in the 13th century, however it has been shown that this claim was a hoax, and that there was no member of the Armati family with that name at the time.^[1][2][3]

The earliest mention of Salvino degli Armati as the inventor of eyeglasses occurred in 1684.^[1] Ferdinando Leopoldo del Migliore (1628–1696) of Florence published a book, Firenze città noblissima illustrata (Florence, Most Noble City, illustrated).^[4] In this book, del Migliore claimed to own a burial register of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, which had recently been renovated.^[5] This register supposedly recorded Armati's epitaph as follows:

Original : "Qui diace Salvino d'Armato degl'Armati di Fir., Inventor degl'occhiali.

Dio gli perdoni la peccata. Anno D. MCCCXVII"^[4][6]

Translation : "Here lies Salvino D'Armati - Wikipedia DUCOK