Spoleto is a beautiful town of Roman origin. From the village on the plain, go up to the Rocca, where the oldest part is found with the Duomo and the historic buildings. The hill of Spoleto connects with a hill in front through a very high Roman bridge, scene of so many suicides. One day a little girl walks along the road that surrounds the top of the hill and looks towards the bridge, as she had done on so many other occasions, but that time will remain etched forever in her mind. Suddenly, in fact, a woman climbs onto the wall, right in the central point where there is an arch that allows you to admire the interior valley. It is a moment, then the woman throws herself into the void. The astonished little girl observes the scene as if it were taking place in slow motion and sees that body split, one falls fast, the other, white and milky, falls gently, distancing itself more and more, then settles on the woman's lifeless body, smashed after a flight of seventy meters. Finally, it flies upwards and dissolves. The little girl runs to warn the people of the village of what happened, but only to her family tells what she saw, because she knows that she would not have been believed, as had happened for so many other things that only she could see. The lived experience, therefore, kept her for herself and for the limited circle of people who knew of the special qualities she had revealed since she was a child. When she talked to me about it she was already a mother of three children, a spiritual researcher, an experienced psychic. Giorgio Cozzi lives in Milan where he works as a senior trainer in a multinational organization. Traduzione di Raimondo Ferrario EDIZIONI ITALIANA ENGLISH VERSION GOLEM LIBRI PASSERINO EDITORE (per gentile concessione di Golem Libri) TRADUZIONE DI RAIMONDO FERRARIO
Spoleto is a beautiful town of Roman origin. From the village on the plain, go up to the Rocca, where the oldest part is found with the Duomo and the historic buildings. The hill of Spoleto connects with a hill in front through a very high Roman bridge, scene of so many suicides. One day a little girl walks along the road that surrounds the top of the hill and looks towards the bridge, as she had done on so many other occasions, but that time will remain etched forever in her mind. Suddenly, in fact, a woman climbs onto the wall, right in the central point where there is an arch that allows you to admire the interior valley. It is a moment, then the woman throws herself into the void. The astonished little girl observes the scene as if it were taking place in slow motion and sees that body split, one falls fast, the other, white and milky, falls gently, distancing itself more and more, then settles on the woman's lifeless body, smashed after a flight of seventy meters. Finally, it flies upwards and dissolves. The little girl runs to warn the people of the village of what happened, but only to her family tells what she saw, because she knows that she would not have been believed, as had happened for so many other things that only she could see. The lived experience, therefore, kept her for herself and for the limited circle of people who knew of the special qualities she had revealed since she was a child. When she talked to me about it she was already a mother of three children, a spiritual researcher, an experienced psychic. Giorgio Cozzi lives in Milan where he works as a senior trainer in a multinational organization. Traduzione di Raimondo Ferrario EDIZIONI ITALIANA ENGLISH VERSION GOLEM LIBRI PASSERINO EDITORE (per gentile concessione di Golem Libri) TRADUZIONE DI RAIMONDO FERRARIO
This book delineates the attempt, carried out by the Congregations of the Inquisition and the Index during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, to purge various devotional texts in the Italian vernacular of heterodox beliefs and superstitious elements, while imposing a rigid uniformity in liturgical and devotional practices. The first part of the book is focused on Rome's anxious activity toward the infiltration of Protestant ideas in vernacular treatises on prayer meant for mass consumption. It next explores how, only in the second half of the sixteenth century, once Rome's main preoccupation toward Protestant expansion had subsided, the Church could begin thinking about a move from a rejection of any consideration of the merits of interior prayer to a recovery and acceptance of mental prayer. The final section is dedicated to the primary objective of the Church's actions in purging superstitious practices which was not simply the renewal of the spiritual life of the faithful, but also the control of the religious and social life of many faithful who were uneducated. Based on a careful examination of the archival records of the two Roman dicasteri in question, many of which have only been accessible to scholars since 1998, as well as a close reading of the many of suspect devotional texts themselves, this book offers a fascinating contribution towards a fuller appreciation of the complex landscape that characterized the spiritual realities of early modern Italy.
Over the past twenty years or so it has finally been understood that Jacopo Tintoretto (1518/19-1594) is an old master of the very highest calibre, whose sharp visual intelligence and brilliant oil technique provides a match for any painter of any time. Based on papers given at a conference held at Keble College, Oxford, to mark the quincentenary of Tintoretto’s birth, this volume comprises ten new essays written by an international range of scholars that open many fresh perspectives on this remarkable Venetian painter. Reflecting current ‘hot spots’ in Tintoretto studies, and suggesting fruitful avenues for future research, chapters explore aspects of the artist’s professional and social identity; his graphic oeuvre and workshop practice; his secular and sacred works in their cultural context; and the emergent artistic personality of his painter-son Domenico. Building upon the opening-up of the Tintoretto phenomenon to less fixed or partial viewpoints in recent years, this volume reveals the great master’s painting practice as excitingly experimental, dynamic, open-ended, and original.
Industrial mathematics is evolving into an important branch of mathematics. Mathematicians, in particular in Italy, are becoming increasingly aware of this new trend and are engaged in bridging the gap between highly specialized mathematical research and the emerging demand for innovation from industry. The contributions in this volume provide both R&D workers in industry with a general view of existing skills, and academics with state-of-the-art applications of mathematics to real-world problems, which may also be incorporated in advanced courses.
The book presents the final version of a technique to perform the double-contrast barium enema examination of the colon, which has been thoroughly tested and proven in the field for more than 15 years of its application. It discusses the reasons for using this (the Genoa) technique, the indications for performing the double-contrast barium enema versus the single-contrast examination, the steps necessary to obtain a clear colon and the optimal barium sulfate suspensions to be employed. The book deals also with the barium enema examination in children and frankly discusses the relative merits of colonscopy versue DCBE.
This elaborately illustrated book, written by two of the leading radiologists in Italy, is devoted entirely to computed tomography of the peritoneum. The case documentation encompasses both common and rare pathological conditions, and is the product of 20 years of painstaking research. Completely original aspects are the description of three-dimensional CT anatomy, with coronal and sagittal reconstructions, and the illustrative schemes of the peritoneum, ligaments, mesentery, peritoneal cavity, and sub- and extraperitoneal structures. This book will be invaluable in improving knowledge of a topic that cannot be treated in detail in general texts on abdominal CT.
Global experts, in conjunction with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, bring you up to date with today's best approaches to lung cancer diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. IASLC Thoracic Oncology, 2nd Edition, keeps you abreast of the entire scope of this fast-changing field, from epidemiology to diagnosis to treatment to advocacy. Written in a straightforward, practical style for the busy clinician, this comprehensive, multidisciplinary title is a must-have for anyone involved in the care of patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. - Offers practical, relevant coverage of basic science, epidemiology, pulmonology, medical and radiation oncology, surgery, pathology, palliative care, nursing, and advocacy. - Provides authoritative guidance from the IASLC – the only global organization dedicated to the study of lung cancer. - Includes new content on molecular testing, immunotherapy, early detection, staging and the IASLC staging system, surgical resection for stage I and stage II lung cancer, and stem cells in lung cancer. - Features a new full-color design throughout, as well as updated diagnostic algorithms. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, Q&As, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
How do you translate Giorgio Armani into architecture? For the Armani/Ginza Tower, it was essential to project not only Giorgio Armanis creativity as a designer, but his one and only personality, recreating the atmosphere of the atelier of the Italian creative genius, as well as his aesthetic code and personal image. How do you combine the concept of luxury with restrained elegance, the concept of absolute modernity with a lasting style the Armani style? In Tokyo, for the first time ever, the entirety of his work and image is represented in a single building.
Acknowledged as the premier Italian guide, this revised handbook includes updated ratings of restaurants--more than 500--and hotels. It also features dozens of locations of related interest, including best places for ice cream, pastry, pizza, and coffee.
This volume contains the proceedings of the study convention held in Milan on 11 and 12 April 2003. The objective of these study days was to address the question of the powers of lordship which were exercised in the countryside of central-northern Italy between the mid fourteenth century and the end of the fifteenth century. The discussions focused on what instruments and what foundations of legitimacy these same powers had and what was their relationship with the authority of the prince and with the ordinary citizen, on the one hand, and with the community and the homines on the other. These and various other issues thrown up by the study of feudal power are the topics which emerge in the various contributions gathered in this volume, devoted principally to the Lombardy of the Visconti and the Sforza, but also to other areas of Italy.
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