years In 2007, the website E-leo compiling 3,000 drawings and writings of Leonardo da Vinci was launched, with the linguistic help of the Accademia della Crusca to decipher some of the inventor's scribblings. In August 2011, the existence of the Accademia was threatened when Giulio Tremonti and Silvio Berlusconi introduced a proposition to eradicate all public-funded entities with less than 70 members. In August 2015, the Accademia's website was defaced by a hacker linked to ISIS. In February 2016, the Accademia approved the submission of an 8-year old for a new Italian word, Petaloso (full of petals). Composition Members Members include: Nicoletta Maraschio (emerita), honorary president, Florence Lorenzo Renzi (emeritus), Padua Luca Serianni (emeritus), Rome Martin Maiden, Oxford References Further reading Yates, Frances A. "The Italian Academies", in: Collected Essays; vol. II: Renaissance and Reform; the Italian Contribution, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983 Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006 External links The search for Some Historical References of Academy Dictionary of Academy of Bran the online version of editions 1612 through 1923 Academy of Bran and Some Historical References Accademia Della Crusca Collection From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress Language regulators Italian language Cultural institutions of Tuscany 1583 establishments in Italy Learned societies of Italy Florence