Giordano Bruno was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, astrologer, and cosmologist. He is best known for his unorthodox theological views, which led to him being burned at the stake by the Catholic Church. Born in Nola, Italy, Bruno was the son of a soldier. He became a Dominican friar and was sent to study at the monastery of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. He studied philosophy, mathematics, and astrology and was ordained as a priest in 1572. In 1576, he left the Dominican order and travelled throughout Europe, spending time in France, England, Switzerland, Germany, and Prague. During his travels, he developed his own philosophical system, which combined elements of Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, and various other philosophies. He also wrote several books, including On the Infinite Universe and Worlds and On the Shadows of Ideas.
Svmma terminorvm metaphysicorvm, ad capessendum logicae & philosophiae studium, ex Iordani Brvni Nolani entis decensu manusc. excerpta; nunc primùm luci commissa; a Raphaele Eglino iconio, Tigvrino. Tigvri, apvd Ioannem VVolphivm, typis Frosch, 1595; In-4 : A-G4 ❡ Vellum binding, blind stamped; Ex libris and handwritten owner’s marks
Artificium perorandi traditum a Iordano Bruno. Frankfurt 1612 ➤
Cantus Circaeus ad eam memoriae praxim ordinatus quam ipse judicariam appellat. Paris, apud Gilles Gilles, 1582 ➤
De imaginum, signorum, et idearum eompositione. Ad omnia inventionum, dispositionum, et memoriae genera libri tres. Frankfurt am Main, apud Johann Wechel et Peter Fischer, 1591 ➤ | ➤
De innumerabilibus, immenso et infigurabili seu de universo et mundis iordani bruni nolani de monade numero et figura liber consequens quinque de minimo magno et mensura. Item de innumerabilibus, immenso, et infigurabili; seu universo et mundis libri octo. Ad principem Henricum Julium Brunsvicensium ducem, halberstadensium episcopum. Frankfurt am Main, apud Johann Wechel et Peter Fischer, 1591 ➤
De lampade combinatoria lulliana. Wittenberg, [Matthaeus Welack], 1587 ➤
De progressu et lampade venatoria logicorum. Adpromtè atque copiosè de quocumque proposito problemate disputandum. 1587 ➤
De specierum scrutinio et lampade combinatoria Raymundi Lullii. Pragae, excudebat Georgius Nigrinus, 1588 ➤
De triplici minimo et mensura ad trium speculatiuarum scientiarum et multarum actiuarum artium principia, libri V: ad illustriß. Et reverendiß. Principem Henricum jvlium, Brunsvicensium et Lunaeburgensium ducem, Halberstatensium episcopum. Index alphabeticus in fine additus. Frankfurt am Main, apud Johann Wechel et Peter Fischer, 1591 ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
De umbris idearum. Implicantibus artem, quaerendi, inveniendi, jud candi, ordinandi, et applicandi ad internam scripturam, et non vulgares per memoriam operationes explicatis. Paris, apud Gilles Gourbin, 1582 ➤ | ➤
Excubitor seu apologetica declamatio iordani bruni nolani camoeracensis acrotismus, seu rationes articulorum physicorum adversus peripateticos Parisiis propositorum. Wittenberg, apud Zacharias Krafft, 1588 ➤
Oratio valedictoria à iordano Bruno nolano D. Habita, ad amplissimos et clarissimos professores, atque auditores in academia Witebergensi. Anno M. D. LXXX VIII . VIII. Martii. [Wittenberg], typis Zacharias Krafft, 1588 ➤ | ➤
Summa terminorum metaphysicorum, ad capessendum logicae & philosophiae studium, ex iordani bruni manusc. Experta; nunc primum luci commissa; a raphaele eglino iconio. Zürich, apud Johann Wolf, 1595 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Summa terminorum metaphysicorum. Marburg, 1609 ➤