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Italian Renaissance Domes

Posted on January 14, 2021 by babbityjean

Filippo Brunelleschi’s Florentine Duomo has been an engineering marvel and mystery for more than 500 years.  How did the master goldsmith and sculptor create the largest masonry dome in existence?  It is an engineering feat that has not been accomplished … Continue reading →

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Cicerone

Posted on January 7, 2021 by babbityjean

Marco Tullio Cicerone (106-43 a.C.) fu statista, avvocato, studioso, oratore e politico romano. La sua influenza sulla lingua latina fu immensa: scrisse più di tre quarti della letteratura latina sopravvissuta. La scoperta da parte di Petrarca nel 1345 delle epistole … Continue reading →

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Cicero

Posted on January 7, 2021 by babbityjean

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 – 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, orator and politician.  His influence on the Latin language was immense: he wrote more than three-quarters of surviving Latin literature.  Petrarch’s discovery of Cicero’s letters is often … Continue reading →

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