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Organized in to three separate manuscripts, this collection, entitled General History of the Things of New Spain, serves to describe the traditions and customs of the Aztecs, including 2000 images that portay and describe the daily lives of the…

The title transaltes to A Physico-mathematical Treatment of Light, Colors, and the Rainbow. Grimaldi challenged the principle that the propogation of light occurs in a linear fashion. The text discusses his findings based on experiments he did with…

A collection of mathematicsl theorem and proofs

This extensive collection that consists of 78 chapters consists of the aspects of the Aztec life before and up to the conquest of the Spanish Empire. Duran records the crucial aspects of Aztec life, including the various kings, gods, the customs and…

This extensive collection that consists of 78 chapters consists of the aspects of the Aztec life before and up to the conquest of the Spanish Empire. Duran records the crucial aspects of Aztec life, including the various kings, gods, the customs and…

5 volume encyclopedia that is the first modern attempt to describe all animals known in the Rennaissance

Scheiner was a Jesuit mathematician working in Rome. This treatise describes how the eye sees an inverted image that it somehow is able to flip. Scheiner's descriptions played a large role in the success of Johannes Kepler's theory of vision.

A manuscript which outlines all aspects of life, to inlcude the natural history of New Spain with the help of native artisans

The myth of Ovid's encounter with Salmacis. Salmacis enchanted the water to turn who ever stpped foot into it would come out of the water half-man half-woman. This is an old Greek myth that was painted by spranger who depicted several mythological…

A painting portraying renaissance mathematician Luca Pacioli