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I Sermoni Sant’Antonio di Padova
Messaggero di Sant’Antonio, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1,324 pages. Condizione: leggermente ingiallita, qualche macchia, nessuna sottolineatura. I Sermoni possono considerarsi la summa della scienza biblica e teologica e dell’azione pastorale di sant’Antonio. Un volume utile per chiunque voglia entrare in diretto contatto con la predicazione, il pensiero, la spiritualità del santo. €10.00
Secret Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope, Piccolomini (Pius II, 1458-1464)
The Commentaries of Aeneas Sylvius. Trans. Florence Grragg. Folio Society, ©1988. Hardcover, 373 pages. 10 plates. Think of Siena – the Piccolomini chapel. This book gives all the background to the stories painted there as well as describing Siena’s relationship with Florence, Mantua and Milan; famous personalities such as Cardinal Bessarion is mentioned frequently, as is Ferrante, King of Naples,…
The Roots of Science and its Fruits
Peter Hodgson. Saint Austin Press, 2002. Softcover, 222 pages. This book is especially important for its exploration of the Catholic church’s unique contribution to the natural sciences. The topics covered include the role of the Christian scientist, the urgency of accepting nuclear power – and much more. €5.00
Pimsleur Learn Portuguese
8 cd’s in an attractive nylon zipper case. €15. Explanation is in English.
Pittori Greci
Gruppo Archeologico Romano. Ernesto De Carolis. ©1989, Softcover, 111 pages. Testo italiano. Dell’ampia produzione greca non rimangono purtroppo che pallidi riflessi nella contemporanea pittura vasaria e nelle pitture tombali dell’Italia centro-meridionale. Questo libro ripercorre tutta la storia della pittura greca dalle origini fino all’incontro con il mondo romano, con un completo e dettagliato catalogo dei maggiori pittori greci e delle…
The Tables of Iguvium
Augusto Ancillotti, Romolo Cerri. Edizioni Jama Perugia, 1997. Softcover, 126 pages. Color photos, facsimiles, transliterated text, translation and comment. The Iguvine Tablets, also known as the Eugubian Tablets or Eugubine Tables, are a series of seven bronze tablets from ancient Iguvium (Gubbio), Italy. The earliest tablets, written in the native Umbrian alphabet, were probably produced…
A Gospel Harmony
Using the Confraternity Edition of the New Testament. Rev. John E. Steinmueller, S.T.D. Sadlier, Inc, ©1942. Hard cover, 166 pages. Steinmueller again, so the introduction is going to be all about explaining – the Synoptic Problem and the various theories, When was Jesus Born, the Month and Day, etc. A book for anyone wanting to understand the gospels better. A…
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, Large Print Edition
Thomas O. Lambdin. Charles Scribner’s Sons, ©1971. Hardcover, 345 pages. WITH photocopied and bound Annotated Key by H.G.M. Williamson. JSOT Manuals 3. ©1996. If you study at the Biblicum, you need this book. If you get the regular print version, you will be sorry. PLUS – you get all the answers in the separate book. €30.
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith
The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art. Elizabeth Lev. Sophia Institute, ©2018. Paperback, 310 pp. Desperate to restore the peace and recover the unity of Faith, Catholic theologians clarified and reaffirmed Catholic doctrines, but turned as well to another form of evangelization: the Arts. Convinced that to win over the unlettered, the best place to fight heresy was…