Bibliophiles, heads up!

POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Sunday, April 15, 2007 00:28
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CYBERSNARK

Friday, April 13, 2007 2:33 PM

De Viribus Quantitatis has just been translated into English!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2053433,00.html

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After lying almost untouched in the vaults of an Italian university for 500 years, a book on the magic arts written by Leonardo da Vinci's best friend and teacher has been translated into English for the first time.

The world's oldest magic text, De viribus quantitatis (On The Powers Of Numbers) was penned by Luca Pacioli, a Franciscan monk who shared lodgings with Da Vinci and is believed to have helped the artist with The Last Supper.

As a fan of magic, history, and Maestro Da Vinci himself, I must have this!

Most of the magic here is the sleight-of-hand/beginners-guide-to-alchemy/fun-with-math kind, but it can still be an interesting source of party tricks (especially if there are children around).

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De viribus quantitatis was written at a time when people were burnt at the stake for witchcraft and in the manuscript Pacioli seems to want to demystify trickery and to prove it was more about sleight of hand than supernatural powers.

Useful for what it is. stage tricks are one thing, but one should leave the true paranormal to the professionals.

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LITTLEALBATROSS29

Friday, April 13, 2007 2:35 PM

OOhhh me want..
Thank you for the info !

Bryce
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TRISTAN

Friday, April 13, 2007 3:19 PM

Ooh! Thanks for this, CyberSnark!
Now...to get my hands on one....

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DESKTOPHIPPIE

Friday, April 13, 2007 3:22 PM

Kickass! Thanks for the info!

Geekmafia got me the writings of Da Vinci for my birthday one year. It's a great read, dipping into the man's many thoughts.

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MSG

Friday, April 13, 2007 4:37 PM

oh buying this for MisterG's birthday...thanks

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MISSTRESSAHARA

Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:20 AM

There is nothing to see here, move along.

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Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:28 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
OK LA pm'd me that there was some sort of technical difficulty with my sig making it not so appropriate. If you see icky things, I'm sorry. It may have something to do with the link I used for the pic...eeep

If anyone is using Firefox, download the Adblock extension and right-click to block the image...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

I'm not sure if Internet Explorer has a similar function

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