“I have a book here, said my friend Hercule Peridot, as we relaxed by the evening fire, which I think, Adamas, that we simply must pursue.” Peridot paused to take a sip of his wine. We had made our way to Peridot’s study, and were seated in the leather chairs in front of the cozy fireplace. "When you say pursue - what exactly do you mean monsieur ?” I asked. “Recently my fascination has been the birth of the Renaissance. Many identify that period with Leonardo da Vinci, however, this small book has convinced me that another genius 100 years before da Vinci had already made staggering contributions to mathematics, architecture, and pure reason, l isten to this." “On August 19, 1418, a competition was announced in Florence, where the city’s magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, had been under construction for more than a century:" " Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main dome of the cathedral under construc
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