The memory palace of Matteo Ricci / Jonathan D. Spence.
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)
- 266/.2/0924 19
- B 19
- BV3427.R46 S66 1984
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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.
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.
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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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