[1] Scipione Bargagli was born in Siena in 1540, but we have no details regarding the day and month; he was the son of Giulio and Ortensia Ugurgieri.
[3] He pursued inquiries into literary matters in correspondence with his close friends Bellisario Bulgarini, Diomede Borghesi and Adriano Politi.
It is presents as a dialogue between Scipione himself, Belisario Bulgarini and Ippolito Agostino, who engage with other theorists such as Girolamo Ruscelli and Paolo Giovio.
Bargagli's translation of George Buchanan's spiritual tragedy Jephthes, sive Votum, published in Lucca in 1587, occasioned him some trouble with the Inquisition.
Il Turamino (1602) describes the Sienese variety of Tuscan and justifies its literary use, rejecting Florentine exclusivity advocated by the Accademia della Crusca.