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Book Cover for: Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe, 1544-1669, Nil Ö. Palabıyık

Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe, 1544-1669

Nil Ö. Palabıyık
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

In this book launch and roundtable event, Dr Nil Ö. Palabıyık will discuss 'Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe, 1544–1669' Book your spot: https://t.co/DpgW84F4xI Wednesday 26 April, 5pm - 7:30pm | Free | 📍 Warburg Institute and online

Hardcover, 2023

$160.00$135.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century, Noam Andrews

The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century

Noam Andrews
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Watch now: ‘The Polyhedrists’ by Noam Andrews If you missed our talk with Noam Andrews on his book which unfolds a history of the relationship between art and geometry in early modern Europe, then you can catch it here: https://t.co/6s670yHyxt

Paperback, 2022

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Notebooks, Leonardo Da Vinci

Notebooks

Leonardo Da Vinci
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Join us and @britishlibrary for 'Leonardo da Vinci’s Papers: Invention and Reconstruction', a two-day international conference showcasing the latest research on Leonardo’s notebooks and drawings. Find out more and book: https://t.co/jWlt2MlB4t https://t.co/vC6e1Vhvyc

Paperback, 2008

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary, Robert Black

Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary

Robert Black
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Our latest Renaissance Lives recording is here! Listen to author of 'Machiavelli From Radical to Reactionary', Robert Black in conversation with Simon Ditchfield, and François Quiviger. https://t.co/JK5JEBRa0P @reaktionbooks #machiavelli

Hardcover, 2022

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints, Jacobus De Voragine

The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints

Jacobus De Voragine
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Today, on 2 February, the Church commemorates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, commonly known as #Candlemas From our Iconographic Database, here is an illumination of the subject in a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend. https://t.co/rJySoxpMnw

Paperback, 2012

$52.00$27.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Cicero: de Amicitia, Cicero

Cicero: de Amicitia

Cicero
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

The Discontents of Friendship: Hieronymus Wolf Comments Cicero’s "De amicitia" The lecture will explore how early modern academic texts, including commentaries and dissertations, treated the topic of friendship. Book: https://t.co/cwtZe9bLk7 23 February, 5:30pm | Online

Paperback, 1998

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Italian Renaissance Maiolica, Elisa Sani

Italian Renaissance Maiolica

Elisa Sani
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Now available to watch: Dr Elisa Sani (@TheCourtauld) on 'Dining with Hannibal? Italian Renaissance maiolica at the table, a new look at the collection of the Courtauld'. https://t.co/lFFmlxXMpA @AMaterial_World #ceramics #materialculture

Hardcover, 2012

$55.00$30.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Golden Legend, Jacobus (De Voragine)

The Golden Legend

Jacobus (De Voragine)
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Today, on 2 February, the Church commemorates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, commonly known as #Candlemas From our Iconographic Database, here is an illumination of the subject in a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend. https://t.co/rJySoxpMnw

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Golden Legend: Lives of the Saints, De Voragine Jacobus

The Golden Legend: Lives of the Saints

De Voragine Jacobus
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

Today, on 2 February, the Church commemorates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, commonly known as #Candlemas From our Iconographic Database, here is an illumination of the subject in a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend. https://t.co/rJySoxpMnw

Hardcover, 2022

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Orlando Furioso, Ludovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso

Ludovico Ariosto
The Warburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute

In this new blog, Warburg Graduate Library Trainee, Simone Monti, tells us more about the use and importance of early printed book illustrations through exploring the publishing history of Vincenzo Valgrisi's edition of Ludovico Ariosto’s 'Orlando Furioso' https://t.co/ja7a5QMw8l

Paperback, 2008

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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