Petrarch's Triumphs: sheet 40v with David and Bathsheba
A Renaissance miniature between desire, power, lies and death
Introduction: a page that looks like a movie
There are pages that condense the entire plot of a film into a single image: a political...
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Collectible manuscripts reproduced in limited editions: beauty, memory, and freedom in the digital age that forgets everything
We live in extraordinary times, perhaps even too comfortable
Those of us who are not so young, like this writer, will remember well the sacrifices their parents made to buy the family encyclopedia....
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Fibonacci, the Liber Abbaci and the Golden Ratio: between Mathematics, Nature and Spirituality
0 0, Zephyr, the number that did not exist. The Romans did not have the number "zero". It was the void they expressed with linguistic terms, for example non est, in accounting...
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The Manuscript and the Facsimile: a Bond that Has Lasted for many Centuries
What is a Medieval Manuscript?
A medieval manuscript is a handwritten book, created before the invention of printing. For centuries, it was the main vehicle for transmitting ancient and medieval culture. It is...
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