Name	Damiani, Giovanni Paolo
Alternative Names
ID	19166
Gender	male
Lifespan	- 1648
Professions	Dolmetscher

Collection(s)	QHOD Dolmetscher
Uri(s)	https://mpr.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/entity/19166/
Notes	Employed largely unofficially by resident envoy Michael Starzer since 1611, he was appointed to the position of interpreter of the Habsburg embassy in Constantinople in 1613. In the absence of a fully accredited resident envoy, he performed quasi ambassadorial service as interim agent from 1621 to 1625. He shared his duties between Constantinople, Prague and Vienna, carrying out numerous diplomatic missions, mainly to Buda, including accompanying the Ottoman envoys to the Imperial Diet of Linz in 1614. He interpreted at the peace treaties of Gyarmat, the first and second treaties of Szőny. In 1634 he was chosen to lead the imperial embassy to the Tatar Khan, which was finally cancelled. He worked as imperial interpreter until his death.
References	Zsuzsanna CZIRÀKI: A Habsburg Monarchia keleti nyelvi tolmácsai a 17. században, Reciti - Budapest, 2024.