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  • In the ducal library's splendidly illustrated manuscript of Martianus Capella's De nuptiis philologiae et mercurii, Rhetoric is depicted carrying a sword and wearing armor beneath her robes. 53 In the official portrait with Guidobaldo, from 1476, Federico is similarly portrayed.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • To celebrate the union between the Western and Eastern imperial houses, the father of the bride appeared next to his daughter and new son-in-law on a special gold wedding coin, inscribed feliciter nuptiis Happy Nuptials.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Unlike most precious stones and gems, which require faceting to reveal their splendor, the pearl is perfect in its natural state and may be seen to manifest the universal monad, a notion familiar to the court of Urbino through the De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii of Martianus Capella and the interests of Nicholas of Cusa. 127

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • I hardly think that Capella's purpose behind De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii was to make an accurate historical account of Etruscan religion so why should we read it without reserved skepticism?

    Finding structure in the Piacenza Liver despite academic claptrap - Part 4 2008

  • This, despite it being quite clear that the main focus of his work De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii was to paint an allegory about eloquence and the love of learning, purposely personified by the two subjects of the wedding scene: Mercury and Philology4.

    Finding structure in the Piacenza Liver despite academic claptrap - Part 4 2008

  • Intempestivum enim est, et a nuptiis abhorrens, inter saltantes podagricum videre senem, et episcopum.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Immo quod magis mirere, faemina foeminam Constantinopoli non ita pridem deperiit, ausa rem plane incredibilem, mutato cultu mentita virum de nuptiis sermonem init, et brevi nupta est: sed authorem ipsum consule,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Quum accepisset uxorem peperisse secundo a nuptiis mense, cunas quinas vel senas coemit, ut si forte uxor singulis bimensibus pareret.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Ex usu reipub. est ut in nuptiis juvenes neque pauperum affinitatem fugiant, neque divitum sectentur.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [6042] Tam apta nuptiis quam bruma messibus, as welcome to a young woman as snow in harvest, saith Nevisanus: Et si capis juvenculam, faciet tibi cornua: marry a lusty maid and she will surely graft horns on thy head.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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