Silvio A. Bedini Books
The Pope's elephant
A view of early modern Europe around 1514 and the inner workings of the Vatican in Rome as they related to Pope Leo X, the pleasure-loving pontiff whose court was famous for its excess, frivolity,...
Read MoreThe spotted stones
Two Italian monks who are imprisoned as spies while on a pilgrimage invent a new game to pass the time in a dungeon.
Read MoreThe Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia
This work is a fascinating compendium of information about a neglected aspect of East Asian culture and of the history of timekeeping. Incense timekeeping devices played important roles in early Ch...
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