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405 results starting with “V”

Vayu

7 books · 119 mentions

Brihat SamhitaSangita Ratnakara (Ocean of Music)+1 more

Virgin’s Milk

7 books · 108 mentions

Alchymia: Comprehensive Treatise on AlchemyAlchemical Writings (Stone of Philosophers)+1 more
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Vital Heat

7 books · 105 mentions

Three Books on LifePico della Mirandola: Opera (1496)+1 more

Vashishtha

7 books · 101 mentions

DaivajnavallabhaBrihat Samhita (Kern 1865 ed.)+1 more

Violent motion

7 books · 100 mentions

Kepler: Astronomia Nova (1609 Prague)Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)+1 more

Valerius Maximus

A 1st-century Roman rhetorician and author of a collection of historical anecdotes, widely used as a moral guidebook in the Renaissance.

7 books · 91 mentions

Boethius: De Consolatione (1486)Silence after the clamors, that is, Apology and Responsibility+1 more

Vellum binding

7 books · 83 mentions

Chemical Wedding (1616 Strassburg)Principia Philosophiae+1 more

Vakra (Retrograde motion)

7 books · 76 mentions

Brihat Jataka with Bhattotpala CommentaryPanchasiddhantika+1 more

Vikram Samvat

6 books · 138 mentions

Brihat Jataka with Bhattotpala CommentaryGraha Laghava with Vishvanatha Commentary+1 more

Vikrama era

6 books · 130 mentions

PanchasiddhantikaMuhurta Chintamani+1 more

Voluntary motion

6 books · 120 mentions

Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1555)The Secret of Secrets (Manuscript)+1 more

Verulam (Francis Bacon)

6 books · 116 mentions

Pansophiae Diatyposis (1645 Elzevier)Aula Lucis, or The House of Light+1 more

Volterra

6 books · 111 mentions

The Letters of Marsilio FicinoThe Complete Works of Marsilio Ficino+1 more

Vasishtha

6 books · 108 mentions

PanchasiddhantikaMuhurta Martanda+1 more

Vellum

A high-quality animal skin prepared for writing or printing, essential for the preservation of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.

6 books · 106 mentions

Spiritual Pastimes of the Christian Day, or Weighty Observations of the BelieversOn the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543 First Edition)+1 more

Virginia

6 books · 103 mentions

Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)De mulieribus claris (1506 Venice edition)+1 more

Vitriol of Venus

6 books · 99 mentions

Mature Philosophy, or a Detailed Philosophical TreatiseMiracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)+1 more

Virginity

6 books · 99 mentions

De nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexusLes nobles et cleres dames (De claris mulieribus)+1 more

Vegetable Stone

6 books · 98 mentions

Theatrum Chemicum BritannicumTurba Philosophorum (1572 Basel)+1 more

Vasudeva

In Hindu theology and the Upanishads, a name for the supreme deity or the father of Krishna, often associated with the pervasive aspect of the divine.

6 books · 98 mentions

Surya Siddhanta with Gudhartha-prakasakaBhrigu Samhita Yogavali+1 more

Vincenzo Galilei

6 books · 95 mentions

Harmonices Mundi (1619 First Edition)Musurgia universalis Tomus I+1 more

Vimshottari Dasha

6 books · 85 mentions

Brihat Jataka with Bhattotpala CommentaryHora Sara and Ashtavarga Jataka (manuscript)+1 more

Volatile Salt

6 books · 73 mentions

Integrum Morborum Mysterium (Medical Mysteries)Deutsches Theatrum Chemicum Vol. I+1 more

Vocal Prayer

5 books · 324 mentions

The way of perfectionL'opere della serafica santa Caterina da Siena+1 more

Vigevano

5 books · 206 mentions

The Notebooks of Leonardo da VinciLes manuscrits de Leonard de Vinci, Vol. 6+1 more

Virtue (Arete)

The classical concept of excellence or moral virtue, representing the fulfillment of purpose and the realization of one's highest potential in accordance with reason.

5 books · 145 mentions

Complete Works of Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino (1518)Opera Omnia (Complete Works)+1 more

Veturia

5 books · 111 mentions

De claris mulieribus (c.1474-75 Strasbourg incunabulum)Von etlichen frowen (1479 Augsburg - German translation)+1 more

Vital force

5 books · 101 mentions

Medical Letters, Volume OneKepler: Astronomia Nova (1609 Prague)+1 more

Vestal Virgins

5 books · 100 mentions

Lomazzo: Trattato (1584 Milan)Les nobles et cleres dames (De claris mulieribus)+1 more

Ventricles

5 books · 95 mentions

Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1555)Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. XI (Le Monde)+1 more

Vyatipata Yoga

5 books · 94 mentions

Chamatkara ChintamaniBrihat Muhurta Sindhu+1 more

Vitello

5 books · 91 mentions

Magia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)The Great Art of Light and Shadow+1 more

Versed sine (Utkramajya)

5 books · 79 mentions

Surya Siddhanta with Gudhartha-prakasakaBrahma Sphuta Siddhanta (Vol 2)+1 more

Virtus (Virtue)

5 books · 77 mentions

A new and accurate edition of Comenius's Vestibulum. So adorned with the consent of the distinguished philosophical faculty in the royal academy that a Polish translation by the reverend, excellent, and most learned man, Mr. Christoph Liebruder, pastor of the Polish Church in Königsberg, has been added through his care and labor; and through the diligence of the rectors of the Königsberg schools, all the themes are added to the text opposite their primary attributes.Opera Omnia (Complete Works)+1 more

Vernal equinox

5 books · 77 mentions

De Revolutionibus (1543 First Edition)Codex Nuttall - Pre-Columbian Mexican Manuscript Facsimile+1 more

Visual Ray

5 books · 77 mentions

Iamblichus De Mysteriis (1497 Aldine)History of Both Worlds: Macrocosm+1 more

Vedanga (Limbs of the Veda)

5 books · 75 mentions

Muhurta ChintamaniTajika Nilakanthi+1 more

Visual spirit

5 books · 71 mentions

Landino: Dante Commentary (1481 Florence)Kepler: Dioptrice (1611 First Edition)+1 more

Virtue (Virtus)

5 books · 68 mentions

Complete Works of Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino (1518)Opera Omnia (Complete Works)+1 more

Vikrama Samvat

5 books · 66 mentions

Bhrigu Samhita Kundali KhandaTithi Nirnaya+1 more

Visual spirits

5 books · 65 mentions

A Christian and Heavenly Treatise: Containing Medicine for the SoulAnatomiae Amphitheatrum+1 more

Verdigris

5 books · 64 mentions

Lehigh Codex (15th c. Naples Alchemical MS)Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)+1 more

Valmiki

5 books · 60 mentions

DattilamRama Ajna Prasna+1 more

Vercelli

5 books · 49 mentions

Divine Comedy with Landino Commentary (1487 Incunabulum)Landino: Dante Commentary (1481 Florence)+1 more

Venus (Aphrodite)

5 books · 48 mentions

Complete Works of Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino (1518)Opera Omnia (Complete Works)+1 more

Vasari

4 books · 173 mentions

De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543 First Edition)The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci+1 more

Vaprio

4 books · 119 mentions

Trattato della pittura (1651 Editio Princeps)Textes choisis: pensees, theories, preceptes, fables+1 more

Virgin Earth

4 books · 105 mentions

Communication einer vortrefflichen chymischen MedicinEröffnetes philosophisches Vatterhertz+1 more

Vikram Era

4 books · 101 mentions

Natya Shastra with Abhinava Bharati CommentaryBrihat Samhita+1 more

Vikrama Era

4 books · 98 mentions

Muhurta ChintamaniBhrigu Samhita Kundali Khanda+1 more

Vinci

4 books · 91 mentions

Codex Forster I (National Art Library, Museum no. MSL/1876/Forster/141/I)Trattato della pittura (1651 Editio Princeps)+1 more

Vitreous Humor

4 books · 89 mentions

Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1555)History of Both Worlds: Macrocosm+1 more

Vulgate

4 books · 87 mentions

Hexaglot Bible: Hebrew, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, English, German, FrenchVetus Testamentum Graecum: Septuagint with Latin Translation+1 more

Valentinian

4 books · 84 mentions

Essay on the Sacred Fire and on the VestalsA Christian and Heavenly Treatise: Containing Medicine for the Soul+1 more

Volatile spirit

4 books · 83 mentions

Sendivogius: Novum Lumen Chymicum (1611)Miracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)+1 more

Vedas

4 books · 78 mentions

SaravaliJotida Chintamani 200+1 more

Venial Sin

4 books · 76 mentions

The way of perfectionRamon Llull Ars Magna Generalis et Ultima (1517)+1 more

Visual rays

4 books · 70 mentions

Instruction in MeasurementDe Triplici vita+1 more

Varāhamihira

4 books · 70 mentions

PanchasiddhantikaMuhurta Martanda with Martanda Vallabha+1 more

Vedha (Piercing)

4 books · 62 mentions

Jataka BharnamMuhurta Martanda with Martanda Vallabha+1 more