GIORDANO

BRUNO OF NOLA original: "Nolanus"; Bruno consistently identified himself by his birthplace, Nola, near Naples.

ON THE SHADOWS OF IDEAS.

Involving the art of Seeking, Dis-

covering, Judging, Ordering,

and Applying:

Explained for internal writing, and for no ordinary

operations through the memory. "Internal writing" refers to the "Art of Memory," a technique where information is "written" onto mental images rather than paper.

TO HENRY III, THE MOST SE-

rene King of the French and of the Poles, etc.

PROTESTATION. A formal declaration or warning to the reader.

We are deep shadows; do not trouble us, you fools.
This weighty work seeks not you, but the learned. original: "Vmbra profunda sumus, nè nos vexetis inepti. / Non vos, sed doctos tam graue quærit opus." This couplet warns that the book contains difficult, esoteric knowledge not meant for the uninitiated.

PARIS,

At the house of Gilles Gourbin, under the

sign of Hope, opposite the College

of Cambrai. original: "gymnasij Cameracensis"; the Collège de Cambrai in Paris, where Bruno often lectured.

1582.

WITH ROYAL PRIVILEGE. A legal notice indicating the King granted the printer the exclusive right to publish this work.