Cecco d’Ascoli (Francesco Stabili)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hannam
Keyword(s):  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Long Poem ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Santa Croce ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Cecco d’Ascoli (c. 1269–1327) was the diminutive used by the writer and poet Francesco Stabili, from the commune of Ascoli Piceno in central Italy. He was a lecturer on astrology at the University of Bologna, best known for being burnt at the stake as a relapsed heretic. He was first convicted of heresy in Bologna in 1324 by the inquisitor Lambert of Cingoli (fl. 1316–1324), who stripped him of his lectureship and forbade him to practice astrology. Cecco moved to Florence where he became the court astrologer of Duke Charles of Calabria (1298–1328), then ruler of the city. However, he was quickly caught up in the politics of the ducal court. His rivalry with Duke Charles’s chancellor, the Bishop of Aversa, led to the Inquisition’s file on him being reopened. In 1327, following an investigation by the Florentine inquisitor, Accursius, Cecco was found to have relapsed into heresy and was burnt outside the Church of Santa Croce. It is likely that Cecco earned a master of the arts degree at Bologna before being appointed to teach astrology in about 1315. Astrology was then considered an essential adjunct to the practice of medicine and physicians were expected to be competent in casting horoscopes. Material from his lectures is preserved in his Latin commentaries, including one on the Sphere of John Sacrobosco (d. c. 1250). The Commentary on the Sphere was specifically condemned to be burned in 1327 at the same time as Cecco. Cecco also composed a long poem in Italian on the nature of the universe, with a focus on astrology and magic, called l’Acerba. This was also condemned by the Inquisition at the time of his execution. The poem of 4,867 lines is in five books, the last of which was left unfinished at the time of his death. L’Acerba covers the constitution of the heavens (Book 1), virtues and vices (Book 2), the magical properties of minerals and a bestiary (Book 3), questions of natural philosophy (Book 4), and an incomplete theology (Book 5). It is widely interpreted as a criticism of the natural philosophy of Dante Alighieri. It enjoyed some popularity in the early modern period, most likely because of the notoriety of its author. During the 19th century, Cecco’s fate at the hands of the Inquisition led to a revival of his reputation as a potential “martyr of science.” Since then, it has become clear that Cecco’s interests were not “scientific” in the modern sense and most scholarly attention has consequently been focused on l’Acerba.

Między Krzemieńcem a Warszawą. Związki Liceum Wołyńskiego Uniwersytetem Warszawskim 1816–1831

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (0) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Buczek
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Latin Literature ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
New School ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

The Volhynian Gymnasium (and since 1818 Lyceum) in Kremenets was one of the most important Polish schools of the first half of the 19th century. Raising it to the rank of a lyceum coincided with the creation of the University of Warsaw. The new school on academic level operating in the city of the Society of Friends of Science (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk) aroused interest among students in Kremenets. More than a dozen of them entered the University. Moreover, teachers of the school were invited to collaborate with the University of Warsaw. In 1830 a doctor from Kremenets, Karol Kaczkowski, became university professor and head of the clinic of internal medicine. He left memoirs in which he colourfully described professors of the medical faculty. On the other hand, Alojzy Feliński, who was offered professorship at the University of Warsaw, preferred a job in Kremenets. Besides scientific contacts there were also social relationships and family ties. Alojzy Osiński, brother of a University of Warsaw professor, Ludwik Osiński, taught Polish and Latin literature in Kremenets.

Literary Contributions of Catholics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Part Two: The Díaz Regime (1867–1910)

1945 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-50
Author(s):  
Francis Borgia Steck
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Second Empire ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Bar Examination ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

Another gifted writer whose name has almost passed into oblivion is Tirso Rafael Córdoba. Like Rafael Gómez, he from Michoacán, a circumstance that seems to explain why during the period we are considering these two men stood on such intimate terms of friendship and in their literary career had so many things in common. His biographer tells us that in 1853, at the early age of fifteen, Córdoba, then a student in the Seminario de Morelia, was admitted to membership in the Liceo Iturbide, a distinction conferred upon him in view of the exceptional progress he had made in the arts and sciences. Only for the disturbed times in which his youth and early manhood fell, Córdoba would have entered the priesthood, this being his intention when he studied philosophy in the Seminario Conciliar Palafoxiano in the city of Puebla. From this celebrated school he graduated with high honors and then proceeded to Mexico City where he studied canon and civil law in the Colegio de San Ildefonso and passed the bar examination in the University of Mexico. But again he became a victim of circumstances, unable to engage freely and fully in the legal and political circles for which he was so richly qualified. After the fall of the Second Empire, at which time he was Secretary General of the municipal government of Puebla, he retired from public life and thereafter took a prominent part, chiefly in Mexico City, in social and literary activities. He was one of the founders of the organization known as La Sociedad Católica and collaborated in the founding and editing of periodicals, popular as well as literary, such as La Voz de México, El Obrero Católico, El Hijo del Obrero, La Lira Poblana, La Aurora, and La Oliva.

scholarly journals The Game of the Sphere or of the Universe — a Spiral Race Game from 17th century France

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Adrian Seville
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Planetary Motion ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Tycho Brahe ◽  
Classical Knowledge ◽  
The Universe

Abstract Simple race games, played with dice and without choice of move, are known from antiquity. In the late 16th century, specific examples of this class of game emerged from Italy and spread rapidly into other countries of Europe. Pre-eminent was the Game of the Goose, which spawned thousands of variants over the succeeding centuries to the present day, including educational, polemical and promotional variants.1 The educational variants began as a French invention of the 17th century, the earliest of known date being a game to teach Geography, the Jeu du Monde by Pierre Duval, published in 1645. By the end of the century, games designed to teach several of the other accomplishments required of the noble cadet class had been developed: History, the Arts of War, and Heraldry being notable among them. A remarkable example of a game within this class is the astronomical game, Le Jeu de la Sphere ou de l’Univers selon Tycho Brahe, published in 1661 by E(s)tienne Vouillemont in Paris. The present paper analyses this game in detail, showing how it combines four kinds of knowledge systems: natural philosophy, based on the Ptolemaic sphere; biblical knowledge; astrology, with planetary and zodiacal influences; and classical knowledge embodied in the names of the constellations. The game not only presents all four on an equal footing but also explores links between them, indicating some acceptance of an overall knowledge-system. Despite the title, there is no evidence of the Tychonian scheme for planetary motion, nor of any Copernican or Galilean influence. This game is to be contrasted with medieval race games, based on numerology and symbolism, and with race games towards the end of the Early Modern period in which science is fully accepted.

The University, the City, and the Arts

1970 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
William O. Winter
Keyword(s):  
The Arts ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Lost and then found: The Mendes Correia Collection of identified human skeletons curated at the University of Porto, Portugal

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Cardoso ◽  
Luisa Marinho
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Reference Collection ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Among the several human skeletal reference collections that have been amassed in Portugal, there is one that has remained in nearly anonymity for its almost entire existence. The collection was initiated by Mendes Correia who collected abandoned skeletal remains from cemeteries of the city of Porto circa 1912-1917. Over the years and for unknown reasons its original documentation was lost and the collection has been treated as an unidentified assemblage of specimens for many years. Two previously unnoticed publications from the 1920’s were found to have published basic biographic data for each individual in the collection, thus restituting some of the lost information. The surviving Mendes Correia Collection is currently located at the Natural History Museum and at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. It is comprised of 99 individuals of known sex, age, and nativity, whose skeletons are found in various states of completeness. They represent a segment of the population of the city of Porto who were born throughout the 19th century. It is hoped that the information gathered and provided here can restore some of the lost research value of the Mendes Correia skeletal reference collection.

scholarly journals The Dutchman Herman Boerhaave and the Russian Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov are brilliant medical scientists, whose remembrance will be eternal

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-169
Author(s):  
Inge Hendriks ◽  
◽  
Inga Goriacheva ◽  
James Bovill ◽  
Fredrik Boer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Applied Anatomy ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Scientific Achievements

The Dutchman Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738) and the Russian Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810–1881) were brilliant physicians who made significant contributions to the practice of medicine. Herman Boerhaave graduated as a doctor in 1693 and eventually became professor of medicine, botany and chemistry at the University of the city Leiden. He is perhaps best known as a teacher and for introducing bedside teaching to the medical curriculum. Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov qualified as a physician in 1828 at the Moscow University, was awarded with his PhD at the German-Baltic University of Dorpat in 1832. In 1836 he was appointed as a professor in Dorpat and in 1841 as professor of surgery and applied anatomy at the Imperial Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg. Scientific achievements of N. I. Pirogov in medicine are multifaceted: he is the originator of unique technologies for studying the structure of a human being and developed anatomical atlases on these technologies. He was a virtuoso surgeon, an early adopter of ether anaesthesia, and innovator of medical triage and evacuation of the wounded. Why in one article a comparison the scientific achievements of these two brilliant personalities, who have entered the world history of medicine, are investigated, becomes clear from the words of N. I. Pirogov, who greatly appreciated Herman Boerhaave. Pirogov wrote that “…he did not consider himself an equal to Herman Boerhaave…” Was Pirogov right or were it modest words, this is up to the reader to decide. The influence of Anglo-Saxon literature and scientific schools, the role of Herman Boerhaave in the professional develop ment of N. I. Pirogov, and the innovations created by them in medicine were analysed on basis of archival documents.

scholarly journals Web accessibility analysis of the Universities and Public Polytechnic Schools of Guayaquil applying the NTE INEN ISO / IEC 40500: 2012 Standard

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (27) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Luis Rodríguez V ◽  
José Antepara B ◽  
Luis Braganza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Web Content ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Four Blocks ◽  
Evaluation Metric ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Introductionthe purpose of analyzing the way in which electronic public administration is presented in the environment of Public Higher Education, for which the accessibility of web content is evaluated by applying the Ecuadorian standard NTE INEN ISO / IEC 40500: 2012. These criteria will serve as a basis for the necessary adjustments in the interfaces. Objectiveto promote an inclusive service. The selected websites correspond to the University of Guayaquil, Agraria del Ecuador, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral and the Arts, all of them of a public nature and settled in the city of Guayaquil. Materials and methodsinvolves five pages of each website as a representative sample. The research has a non-experimental character, transversal design and descriptive type. For this evaluation metric, only the 38 criteria that comply with compliance levels A and AA were taken into account. Automatic and manual tools for the measurement of accessibility are applied to the criteria, excluding the user test. Resultsare presented in four blocks where the levels of accessibility found in the four universities are described. Discussion The websites of the Public Higher Education Institutions of Guayaquil on average have a level of accessibility. ConclusionThe websites of the Public Higher Education Institutions of Guayaquil on average have a deficient level of accessibility in the application of the NTE INEN ISO / IEC 40500: 2012 Standard.

scholarly journals Artes de Intervenção, Inventar Cidades

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (56) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deisimer Gorczevski ◽  
Aline Mourão Albuquerque ◽  
João Miguel Diógenes de Araújo Lima
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Habitamos a cidade que nos habita, atravessamos a cidade que nos atravessa. Com interesse sobretudo na resistência pelos afetos e nas micropolíticas acionadas pelo desejo e pelo que nos faz querer viver, partimos em pesquisa-expedição, no encontro da arte contemporânea com a cartografia. Como pesquisar e intervir pode ativar experiências estéticas, com diferentes espaços-tempos da cidade e da universidade? Esta questão norteia as ações realizadas pelo Laboratório Artes e Micropolíticas Urbanas (LAMUR), entre elas: ConversAções na Praia do Vizinho e Micropolítica e Revolução, apresentadas neste trabalho. Movimentar as artes e a universidade com o cotidiano urbano demanda a invenção de modos de fazer-saber. As questões da cidade instigam conversas e encontros com as ruas; revolução, utopia e heterotopias transbordam em imagens que tomam corpo em projeções audiovisuais colaborativas, lambe, fotografia e colagens. As artes de intervenção entrelaçam-se com modos de viver e conviver, impulsionando a potência de processos coletivos e singulares em resistir e inventar cidades. Palavras-chave: Arte contemporânea. Cidade. Micropolíticas. Invenção. Cartografia.  ARTS OF INTERVENTION, INVENTING CITIES Abstract: We inhabit the city that inhabits us, we go through the city that goes through us. Especially interested in resistance through affects, and the micropolitics activated by desire and what makes us want to live, we go on a research-expedition, where contemporary art meets cartography. How to research and intervene as a way to activate aesthetic experiences, with the different times-spaces of the city and the university? This question guides the activities of LAMUR, the Arts and Urban Micropolitics Laboratory (Laboratório Artes e Micropolíticas Urbanas), and among them, ConversAções at the Vizinho Beach, and Micropolitics and Revolution, presented in this work. Moving the arts and the university with urban everyday life demands inventing ways of savoir-faire. The city’s questions instigate conversations and gatherings with the streets; revolution, utopia and heterotopias overflow in images that become collaborative audiovisual projections, wheatpaste, photography and collages. The arts of interventions are entwining with ways of living and living together, propelling the potency of collective and singular processes in resisting and inventing cities.Keywords: Contemporary art. City. Micropolitics. Invention. Cartography.

Literary Contributions of Catholics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Part Two: The Díaz Regime (1867–1910)

1945 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 30-50
Author(s):  
Francis Borgia Steck
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Second Empire ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Bar Examination ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

Another gifted writer whose name has almost passed into oblivion is Tirso Rafael Córdoba. Like Rafael Gómez, he from Michoacán, a circumstance that seems to explain why during the period we are considering these two men stood on such intimate terms of friendship and in their literary career had so many things in common. His biographer tells us that in 1853, at the early age of fifteen, Córdoba, then a student in the Seminario de Morelia, was admitted to membership in the Liceo Iturbide, a distinction conferred upon him in view of the exceptional progress he had made in the arts and sciences. Only for the disturbed times in which his youth and early manhood fell, Córdoba would have entered the priesthood, this being his intention when he studied philosophy in the Seminario Conciliar Palafoxiano in the city of Puebla. From this celebrated school he graduated with high honors and then proceeded to Mexico City where he studied canon and civil law in the Colegio de San Ildefonso and passed the bar examination in the University of Mexico. But again he became a victim of circumstances, unable to engage freely and fully in the legal and political circles for which he was so richly qualified. After the fall of the Second Empire, at which time he was Secretary General of the municipal government of Puebla, he retired from public life and thereafter took a prominent part, chiefly in Mexico City, in social and literary activities. He was one of the founders of the organization known as La Sociedad Católica and collaborated in the founding and editing of periodicals, popular as well as literary, such as La Voz de México, El Obrero Católico, El Hijo del Obrero, La Lira Poblana, La Aurora, and La Oliva.

Les Instruments De Travail Philosophiques Médiévaux. Témoins De La Reception D'Aristote

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-386
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Hamesse
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Old French ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Technical Vocabulary ◽  
The University ◽  
French Texts ◽  
Definitive Form

AbstractIt is possible to study the reception of Aristotle's natural philosophy by means of the various tools that were used by intellectuals during the thirteenth century. This type of literature is often forgotten. Four samples are taken here to illustrate the interest of such works, and the information that we can extract from them. The examples are the sermons by Anton of Padua (ca. 1230); an encyclopedia composed by Arnold of Saxony during the second quarter of the thirteenth century, which includes extracts from recent translations mixed together with Neoplatonic passages; an Aristotelian florilegium, which illustrates thirteenth-century censorship of Aristotelian texts; and a translation of the Meteorologica into the vernacular, which documents the popularity of this treatise at the end of the thirteenth century and the creation of a technical vocabulary in old French texts. The third example is an anthology that originated in a Franciscan milieu and was compiled in its definitive form at the end of the 13th century. This latter presents a series of purged texts about natural science. Finally, it discuss the French translation of Aristotle's Meteorology by Mahieu le Vilain, master at the Arts Faculty of the University of Paris at the end of the 13th century. This is the first translation of an Aristotelian treatise into vernacular, allowing us to understand the popularization of this treatise and its importance for the technical vocabulary of this discipline.

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