Library of Saint Stephen original: "Bs S Stephani"; likely referring to the library of the church or monastery of San Stefano in Venice.

BY FRANCESCO GIORGIO

Of the Jesuit College VENETIAN Jesuit original: "Coll.i Ges"; these handwritten additions indicate the book was later held by a Jesuit institution.

OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR original: "Minoritanae Familiae"; the formal name for the Franciscans, the religious order to which Giorgio belonged.

ON THE HARMONY

OF THE WHOLE WORLD

THREE

C A N T I C L E S original: "Cantica Tria"; Giorgio structured this massive work into three "songs" or major sections, reflecting the musical and mathematical metaphors he used to describe the universe.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ROME VITTORIO EMANUELE This is a library ownership stamp from the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio Emanuele II.

Such things will be approved by those in whom the spirit breathes.

original: "Talia probarint, spiritus quibus spirat." An invitation to the reader suggesting that the mystical contents of the book require a particular spiritual or intellectual disposition to be understood.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ROME VITTORIO EMANUELE

4. 6. B. 10. A shelfmark or call number used for organizing the book within a library's collection.