Florence, Tuscany, Italy: Fiery globe — 31 March 1676
An Italian magazine called Alata Quaderni (No. 1, Feb 1979), mentions an ancient sourer
which says “there appeared in the Tuscan sky a luminous thing in the shape of a disc or bag of grain or sheaf.” However, an authentic document describes it as a globe. Fig. 54: Phenomenon in Tuscany The object was undoubtedly a meteor, seen over much of Italy. It is mentioned by Father Louis Cotte in his Traite de Meteorologie (Paris, 1784, p. 83) as “a luminous globe that crossed the Adriatic Sea,” and was seen all the way from Livorno to Corsica. Source of the illustration: Notizie Diverse di Firenze—anno 1676, 406-407, found by a researcher in the Magonia Internet group. The original belongs to the Marquis Alessandro Loteringhi della Stufa, Calcione castle in Arezzo (Italy).
Source: Case: W509