The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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Page 137
... words and things , so that there are more than 70,000 of them , every one quite different and complex . If you would like to see examples I can send you one of their books with an explanation appended.14 Ricci went on to describe what ...
... words and things , so that there are more than 70,000 of them , every one quite different and complex . If you would like to see examples I can send you one of their books with an explanation appended.14 Ricci went on to describe what ...
Page 199
... words he had written sung by the court musicians to Pantoja's music , but he had devised a number of plays on words within the songs themselves that must have given him quiet sat- isfaction when he imagined the eunuchs — or perhaps the ...
... words he had written sung by the court musicians to Pantoja's music , but he had devised a number of plays on words within the songs themselves that must have given him quiet sat- isfaction when he imagined the eunuchs — or perhaps the ...
Page 249
... words , but destruction was more common and extended also to paintings on wood and paper and to the printed word . One young painter burned his entire collection of paintings of religious figures , at which he had been a specialist . Qu ...
... words , but destruction was more common and extended also to paintings on wood and paper and to the printed word . One young painter burned his entire collection of paintings of religious figures , at which he had been a specialist . Qu ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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