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Category: Tour Guide Interest
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
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…
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…
Multi palmarès, Il francese con il Libro attivo
Grazia Bellano Westphal, Patricia Ghezzi. Dialogues vidéo, Compétences, Culture et citoyenneté, ESABAC. Impara il linguaggio Francese. €10.
Le Porte di Roma
Angela Giovagnoli. Edizioni del Pasquino, ©1973. Softcover, 137 pagine. Ricco di fotografie in nero, fuori testo, di Enrico Blasi e Massimo Trombetti e di illustrazioni nel testo. €5.
Caravaggio
Patrick Hunt. Haus Publishing, London, ©2004. Softcover, 162 pages. Underlining and occasional extra notes by me. Concise, all the data you need. €5.
Ravenna, City of Art
Edizioni Salbaroli-Ravenna. No author, no date. Softcover, 143 pages. An excellent, concise, well illustrate book. A good prelude to seeing the actual mosaics. The Italian guides published (in English) by Edizioni Salbaroli of Milan are the best around. This one contains a brief potted history (no mean feat as it was a very important place at one time), a simple…
The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
Recent Restorations, Volume IV. Jorge Maria Cardinal Mejia, Arnold Nesselrath e others. Vatican City State, ©2003. Softcover, 249 pages. 222 colour photographs, 7 b/w photographs, 12 diagrams. Completely dedicated to the restoration of the frescoes depicting episodes in the lives of Christ and Moses, painted on the side walls of the Sistine Chapel by some of the greatest artists of…