“…by an ever greater and greater desire, the soul keeps rising constantly to another that lies ahead, and thus it makes its way through ever higher regions towards the Transcendent.” Divi Gregorii, episcopie Nysseni, fratris Basilii Magni, opera quae adipisci licuit omnia...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="233"] Liber Moamin falconrii de Scientia venandi per aves et quadrupeds[/caption] “In quantum enim sunt reges non habent propriam delectationem nisi venationem” — Moamin “A wise falcon hides his talons.” — Proverb Facsimile. The so-called “Wiener Moamin” was created on the Italian penisula in the...
Instituzioni Analitiche Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) Milan: Nella Regia-Ducal Corte, 1748 First edition QA35 A27 1748 Maria Gaetana Agnesi was the eldest in a family of at least twenty-one children. Her father, Pietro Agnesi, a wealthy silk merchant, could afford to provide her with some of the best tutors available....