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Extended Caption 26Two contemporary treatises by Franchino Gaffurio, the Teorica musicae and the Angelicum ac divinum opus musice,219 illustrate the Pythagorean experiments with items found in both studioli. 220 The Teorica musicae presents flutes and recorders such as those found ubiquitously at Urbino.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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“Humanae litterae, verbum divinum, docta ignorantia negli ultimi scritti di Enrico Cornelio Agrippa.”
Loss of Faith 2009
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(Deus) who is divine being (esse divinum) is also seen to be completely pure being (esse purissimum) and therefore must exist (est).™
Amputee 2009
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A sacred horror, perhaps, for, as we have just pointed out, he felt a quid divinum in that man.
Les Miserables 2008
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Deformis iste etsi videatur senex, divinum animum habet.
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Insuper sanctum illum, quem eo loco vidimus, publicitus apprime commendari, eum esse hominem sanctum, divinum ac integritate praecipuum; eo quod, nec foeminarum unquam esset, nec puerorum, sed tantummodo asellarum concubitor atque mularum.
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Amorem hunc divinum totis viribus amplexamini; Deum vobis omni officiorum genere propitium facite.
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Johannes de la Casa, Beventinus Episcopus, divinum opus vocat, suave scelus, adeoque jactat, se non alia, usum Venere.
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Mr Paley, the present Archdeacon of Carlisle, in his Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, having, with much clearness of argument, shewn the duty of submission to civil government to be founded neither on an indefeasible jus divinum, nor on COMPACT, but on EXPEDIANCY, lays down this rational position:
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Very probably you may see it at Manheim, from the French Minister: it is very well worth your reading, being most artfully and plausibly written, though founded upon false principles; the jus divinum of the clergy, and consequently their supremacy in all matters of faith and doctrine are asserted; both which I absolutely deny.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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