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the Confessions

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Slides from book 5

These were requested at the end of last night's session.


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Sessorianus 55 - the earliest surviving manuscript of Confessions, probably copied between 475–590.

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Book 5 is organized explicitly around the moves from Carthage, Rome, and to Milan.

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The School of Athens by Raphael. Many of the "natural philosophers" that Augustine read and compared with Mani's writings are depicted in this painting.


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The Universe according to Mani from a 13th c. Chinese hanging scroll measuring 5 feet long.

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The state of the art in Astronomy by the third century... the superiority of a rational account of planetary movements left a lasting impression on Augustine.

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A near contemporary mosaic of St. Ambrose in his Basilica Sant'Ambrogio, Milan.

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Epilogue: Faustus reappears in the works of Augustine about ten years after he described the encounter in Confessions.


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