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The memory palace of Matteo Ricci / Jonathan D. Spence.

By: Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Viking Penguin, 1984.Description: xii, 350 p., [1] leaf of plates : 10 ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0670468304 :
  • 9780670468300
  • 0571132391 (FABER)
  • 9780571132393 (FABER)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Memory palace of Matteo Ricci.DDC classification:
  • 266/.2/0924 19
  • B 19
LOC classification:
  • BV3427.R46 S66 1984
Contents:
Matteo Ricci: a chronology -- Building the palace -- The first image: the warriors -- The first picture: the apostle in the waves -- The second image: the huihui -- The second picture: the road to Emmaus -- The third image: profit and harvest -- The third picture: the men of Sodom -- The fourth image: the fourth picture -- Inside the palace.
Summary: This book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks BV3427.R46 S66 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available "Elisabeth Sifton books." | Includes index. TBC00000605

"Elisabeth Sifton books."

Bibliography: p. 319-337.

Includes index.

Matteo Ricci: a chronology -- Building the palace -- The first image: the warriors -- The first picture: the apostle in the waves -- The second image: the huihui -- The second picture: the road to Emmaus -- The third image: profit and harvest -- The third picture: the men of Sodom -- The fourth image: the fourth picture -- Inside the palace.

This book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.

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