The Latin Works of Giordano Bruno

...satisfactory to whoever examines different copies from those we were able to see; since probably our two copies (the Braidense The Braidense National Library in Milan and the Guicciardiniano Referring to the collection of Piero Guicciardini, now in the National Central Library of Florence; cf. on p. 74) are also incomplete, as neither one contains more than eight ¹ geometric figures (pp. 109–116), while it is to be assumed that Bruno did not renounce the pleasure of graphically representing others among his thirty Seals Mnemonic diagrams used in Bruno's complex system of memory and philosophy.

The One Hundred and Twenty Articles original: 'Centum et viginti articuli' etc. are certainly not in their proper place in this volume, except by chronological order; nevertheless, we believe we have done a service to Bruno scholars by providing the collation A detailed comparison of different versions of a text to identify variations with the Cambrai Acrotismus original: 'Acrotismus Camoeracensis'; a record of Bruno's public challenges to Aristotelian philosophy at the University of Paris, and we were able to do so through the extreme kindness of Dr. V. Lutoslawski, who examined the only copy known thus far. Thus we also hope not to meet with disapproval for having followed the Combinatory Lamp original: 'Lampas combinatoria' with the few, insignificant, and in many places corrupt Text that has been damaged or inaccurately transcribed over time Observations original: 'Animadversiones', instead of inserting them into the already over-large volume of unpublished works to be published in a few weeks. However small the importance of these Observations may be, we wish here also to express our gratitude to Professor R. Stölzle of Würzburg, who brought the precious Augsburg codex A handwritten manuscript book to our attention, and to the Librarian Dr. Dobel, who generously granted its transmission.

¹ In the Guicciardiniano copy we find sixteen, it is true, but they are merely two reproductions of the same eight figures. Furthermore, the other plates (pp. 117–119) are repeated several times in the copies we have seen.