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Note 102: De tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum; Carruthers, Book of Memory, app.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Note 150: Hugh of St. Victor, De tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum, cited by Carruthers, Book of Memory, 261.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Note 106: Hugh of St. Victor, De tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum, cited by Carruthers, Book of Memory, 262, 347. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Qui in literis maximos progressus fecerint maximis honoribus afficiuntur, secundus honoris gradus militibus assignatur, postremi ordinis mechanicis, doctorum hominum judiciis in altiorem locum quisque praesertur, et qui a plurimis approbatur, ampliores in rep. dignitates consequitur.
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There was a pope, I think it was Cardinal Chigi, who was justly ridiculed for his attention to little things, and his inability in great ones: and therefore called maximus in minimis, and minimus in maximis.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Illémet autem dominus Canis per illum modum vadit; Sedet in curru cum duabus rotis in quo facta est pulcherrima sella tota de lignis Aloe, et auro ornata, et margaritis maximis, et lapidibus pretiosis; et 4.
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Omnes autem mulieres nuptæ portant supra caput suum vnum pedem hominis, longitudinis vnius brachij cum dimidio; et subter illum pedem sunt pennæ gruis, et totus ille pes ornatur maximis margaritis.
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Bancus vero cum cosmos et ciphis maximis aureis et argenteis, ornatis lapidibus prætiosis erat in introitu tentorij.
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Hæ vectantur in singulis curribus, et singularum ad hoc maximis curribus cum custodia cuiuscunque crucis, decem mille equitum, et centum mille peditum, nec tamen hic numerus auget vel minuit principalem exercitum Paganorum.
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Hinc proceditur per Imperium Grand Can, ad multas ciuitates, et villas morum mirabiliter diuersorum, vsque in regnum Iamchan, quod est vnum de 12. prouincijs maximis, quibus distinguitur totum
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