Authors and Writers In the literary café on Paris’ Rue des Cascades sat a writer. It was nine in the morning, the summer was still young. You could already feel the Franck Reformation & History & Tolerance Sebastian Franck Sebastian Franck (1499 — 1542) was a German Renaissance scholar, writer, and theologian who emerged as one of the most radical Alchemy and Related Subjects - a Catalog ABC Vom Stein A. B. C. Vom Stein der Weisen. Berlin, Friedrich Maurer, 1782 D➤ Stanislaus Reinhard Acxtelmeier Deß aus der Finsternus erreteten Ashmole Alchemy Elias Ashmole (1617–1692) Elias Ashmole was a fascinating English figure known for his many contributions. He studied at Oxford’s Brasenose College Against Slavery Slavery & Tolerance The Atlantic slave trade began in the mid-1400s and lasted into the nineteenth century. By the 1600s the Dutch contested the English and French for Holbein at the Steelyard: Cannon Street (City of London) Immigrants & Tolerance & Art During the high and late Middle Ages the majority of strangers in London were individual members of a multi-national merchant class. In 1303, Edward A Portrait of the Author Book History Gore Vidal wrote an essay about the changed role of the author: around 1900, an authority; at the end of the twentieth century, a man or woman on Astrology, a Catalog Astrology Works on Astrology, Astronomy and related subjects up to 1540. Current number of editions: 895 by about 285 authors (up to 1544). ➤ links to the Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh (ca 787-ca 869) Astrology Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh, more commonly known as Albubather, was a distinguished Arab astrologer and astronomer of the 9th century. Coptic: The Language of the Gnostics and the Egyptian Christians Coptic The Gnostic sects that were active in especially Egypt during the second, third, and fourth century AD, all made use of variations of the same Isaac de Beausobre (1659-1738) Manicheism Isaac de Beausobre, born in Niort (Western France), was a French preacher who studied theology in France, followed by a short period as a preacher Dissertations on Gnostic Heresy in Early Modern Europe Introduction Gnosticism does not exist. This is a claim made by many scholars of Gnosticism.1 The term ‘Gnosticism’ is derived from the Greek term Clement of Alexandria (150-211/215) Clement of Alexandria (Latin: Titus Flavius Clemens) was a Christian philosopher best known for his attempt to unite the Greek philosophy with Alanus de Insulis (1128 - 1203) Alchemy & Philosophy Alanus de Insulis, also known as Alan of Lille, was a distinguished medieval scholar, theologian, philosopher and alchemist who represents one of Three interesting Woodcuts Book history & Astrology & Ptolemy Working on what I hope will in a few months be the greatest and easiest-to-use catalog of digitized books on astrology I noticed two title pages: Look! Book history & Incunabula In many books printed before 1500, there are pointing fingers in the margins. They indicate a passage that the reader found important. Nowadays, we Joseph Albo (ca 1380-ca 1444) Philosophy & Astrology & Judaism Joseph Albo was a prominent Jewish philosopher and theologian who lived in the 15th century, primarily known for his work “Sefer ha-Ikkarim” (Book Albert of Saxony (1320-1390) Astrology & Astronomy & Philosophy Albert of Saxony, born around 1320 in Rickensdorf near Helmstedt, was a German philosopher and mathematician known for his contributions to logic Giovanni Battista Abioso (1453-1523) Astrology Giovanni Battista Abioso, also known as Abiosi or Johannes Baptista Abiosus in Latin, was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physician who Andrea Alciati (1492–1550) Emblems & Renaissance Andrea Alciati was an Italian jurist and writer who is renowned for being the progenitor of the emblem book genre with his seminal work, “Emblematum Next page