Edited by Alina Payne. With the Contribution of Giovanni Maria Fara: Teofilo Gallaccini. Selected Writings and Library

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Edited by Alina Payne. With the Contribution of Giovanni Maria Fara : Teofilo Gallaccini. Selected Writings and Library

Olschki, 2012

ISBN 9788822261632

cm. 17 x 24, x-414 pp. con 102 figg. n.t. English text. Biblioteca dell'?Archivum Romanicum? - Serie I: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia Viene offerta una selezione di scritti inediti dell?eclettico senese Teofilo Gallaccini (1564-1641), riguardanti l?architettura, le scienze e le lettere. I testi ? la Monade celeste (sull?astronomia); i suoi commenti alla Monas hieroglyphica di John Dee e ai libri III e IV di Sebastiano Serlio; una scelta di letture fatte all?Accademia dei Filomati; la ricostruzione della sua biblioteca ? illustrano l?ampiezza e le interconnessioni del pensiero di uno studioso alla vigilia della Rivoluzione Scientifica. This volume offers a selection of inedited writings by the Sienese polymath Teofilo Gallaccini (1564-1641) on architecture, sciences and letters. The texts ? the Monade celeste (on astronomy); his commentaries on John Dee?s Monas hieroglyphica and on Sebastiano Serlio?s Books III and IV; a selection of lectures delivered at the Accademia dei Filomati; and his reconstructed library ? illustrate the breadth and interconnectedness of a scholar?s thought on the eve of the Scientific Revolution. Inglese 782 gr. x-414 p.. Libro. Book Condition: nuovo. Binding: Rilegato

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