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Assoc. Prof. @NotreDame; Anc., Med. and Ren. Philosophy; Philology; Intellectual Hist.; Italian Studies; Philosophy of Religion; FAAR'19, Harvard I Tatti Fellow
Jan 6, 2022 23 tweets 5 min read
Since it is #Epiphany2022 I'm sharing e a portion of my translation from the Latin of Marsilio Ficino's (1433-99) wonderful Epiphany sermon "On the Star of the Magi" (De stella magorum). 1/22 Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Magi, Ospedale degli Innocenti I discuss this sermon in great detail in a forthcoming article "The Star of the Magi or The Afterlife of Chaldean Angels in Iamblichus, Proclus, Psellos, Pletho, and Ficino." 2/22