Secretum
Secretum may refer to: *Secretum (book), a book by Petrarch *, a book by Monaldi & Sorti * Secretum (room) at the British Museum *A ''sigillum secretum'', a special seal Seal may refer to any of the following: Common uses * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to impr ...

Secretum (book)
''Secretum'' (''De secreto conflictu curarum mearum'', translated as ''The Secret'' or ''My Secret Book'') is a trilogy of dialogues in Latin written by Petrarch sometime from 1347 to 1353, in which he examines his faith with the help of Saint Augustine, and "in the presence of The Lady Truth". ''Secretum'' was not circulated until some time after Petrarch's death, and was probably meant to be a means of self-examination more than a work to be published and read by others. The dialogue opens with Augustine chastising Petrarch for ignoring his own mortality and his fate in the afterlife by not devoting himself fully to God. Petrarch concedes that this lack of piety is the source of his unhappiness, but he insists that he cannot overcome it. The dialogue then turns to the question of Petrarch's seeming lack of free will, and Augustine explains that it is his love for temporal things (specifically Laura), and his pursuit of fame through poetry that "bind his will in adamantine ch ...
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Monaldi & Sorti
Monaldi & Sorti is the pen name of the Italian married couple writer duo Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti. Rita Monaldi (born 1966) is an Italian journalist and writer. She majored in classical philology and specialized in the history of religions. Francesco Sorti (born 1964) is an Italian journalist and author. He majored in musicology and specialized in the 17th century. They both live with their two young children in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... Works A series of literary-historical books, with Atto Melani as a central character: * '' Imprimatur'' * ''Secretum'' * ''Veritas'' * ''Mysterium'' All the book titles of the series will create the sentence ''Imprimatur secretum, veritas mysterium. Unicum …'' The authors translate this as follows: “Eve ...
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Secretum (room)
The Secretum or secret museum was a section of the British Museum created officially in 1865 to store all historical items deemed to be obscene. History Many items considered obscene were kept under key as early as 1830. One of the earliest artifacts was the Statue of Tara which was hidden for thirty years from the 1830s.Episode 54 - Statue of Tara
BBC, retrieved 25 July 2014 The Secretum was officially created in 1865 to store all historical items deemed to be obscene. It is said to have been formally created in answer to the requirements of the Obscene Publications Act of 1857. From the 1960s onwards, the artifacts were removed from this special collection and incorpora ...
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