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Dante and the early astronomers (1913)

Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 256

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and Jews.Cecco dAscoli was not so fortunate. This learnedItalian received the high and honoured post of pro-fessor of astrology in Bologna, where he lectured andcast horoscopes for his students. He was well versedin natural science, but the shady side of astrology hada fatal attraction for him: he… … ASTRONOMY. From a fresco in Ike Spanish Chapel of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.(To face p. 217.) IN DANTES TIME. 217 to understand the world around them and the skyabove their heads. It would be a shame, writes one, to live in a houseand not know how it is built or what shape it has,never to…

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