The two major works that would mobilize all the attention of Michelangelo’s old age concerned the commissions of Paul III, who wanted to establish Roman supremacy by the reconstructions of St. Peter's and the Campidoglio. Of course, these project

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Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου ἠρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγων Τίνα λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do men say that I, the S

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Below each index page image is a single word which gives a hint to the subject on that webpage.

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primary webpage: seeing

secondary webpage: marrow

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“Whenever I discovered something which was noteworthy,

I have felt it my duty to put down what I had discovered,

in order that it would become known to the educated world.”

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Letter of June 12, 1716

… see: microscope

“Sharing knowledge is the the greatest of all callings.

There is nothing like it in the land".”

The Instruction of Dua-Khety

… to his son, as he entered scribe school c. 2000 BC, Egypt - Middle Kingdom

… see: seeing

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