Word: principios
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...exhibit contains more conventional, though equally engaging, religious works as well, such as the requisite medieval illustrated Bible. In this ornate Bible, the “I” from “In principio...” spans the entire height of the page and contains illustrations of each day of creation within it. This page also includes a calligraphic horse whose body forms and contains an Arabic quotation from the Qu?...
...William Shakespeare. Pi too has its heroes, Archimedes and Lindemann, and a poet in Dante, who in his Divine Commedy wrote eloquently about the geometer's inability to square the circle--"Qual e 'l geometra che tutto s'affige / per misurar lo cerchio, e non ritrova, / pensando, quel principio ond' elli indige..." But I don't speak Italian, and it seems that for the moment the guy who writes in English has the upper hand...
...seen in libraries. Each volume is about 16 in. high, 24 in. across when opened, and contains either 648 or 634 pages. Americans, who by and large have given up the study of Latin, may be put off by the fact that all copies begin, "In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram...
...welcome relief from the shakiness common to amateur groups' lead pieces at a concert. The chant that began the Magnificat was perfect simplicity and contrasted strongly with the thick polyphonic texture that followed. Of the eleven sections, the Gloria was superb. One huge melisma on the second syllable of principio seemed to suspend all motion and thought...
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