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Concept

Metal-work

Images

  • Inventions shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris (1867 or 1878): a set of measuring devices for a meteorological station, a metal dish, and a table clock. Wood engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Eloi (Eligius), bishop of Oise (and patron saint of Bologna). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Cavedone, 1614.
  • The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
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    Pirotechnia / [Translated from the Italian with an introduction and notes by Cyril Stanley Smith & Martha Teach Gnudi.

    Biringucci, Vannoccio, 1480-1539? | Date: 1959]
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    De la pirotechnia libri X dove ampiamente si tratta non solo di ogni sorte e diuersita di miniere, ma anchora quanto ricerca intorno à la prattica di quelle cose di quel che si appartiene à l'arte de la fusione ouer gitto de metalli come d'ogni altra cosa simile. À questa. Composti per il s. Vanoccio Biringuccio Sennese. Con priuilegio apostolico & de la Cesarea Maesta & del illustriss. Senato veneto / [Vannoccio Biringucci].

    Biringucci, Vannoccio, 1480-1539? | Date: 1540
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    Inventions shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris (1867 or 1878): a set of measuring devices for a meteorological station, a metal dish, and a table clock. Wood engraving.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 46722i
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    The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Eloi (Eligius), bishop of Oise (and patron saint of Bologna). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Cavedone, 1614.

    Cavedone, Giacomo, 1577-1660. | Reference: 25598i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.

    | Date: [1556] | Reference: 26090i
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