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POSTED BY: CYBERSNARK
UPDATED: Saturday, April 14, 2007 14:28
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Friday, April 13, 2007 4:33 AM

CYBERSNARK


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).

Quote:

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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Friday, April 13, 2007 4:35 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29


OOhhh me want..
Thank you for the info !

Bryce
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and there they'll scarcely find us(if they do,
we'll move away still further:into now

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Friday, April 13, 2007 5:19 AM

TRISTAN


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

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Friday, April 13, 2007 5:22 AM

DESKTOPHIPPIE


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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Friday, April 13, 2007 6:37 AM

MSG


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

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs


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Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:20 PM

MISSTRESSAHARA


There is nothing to see here, move along.

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Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:28 PM

PENGUIN


Quote:

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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