Arcanum Arcanorum [1991]
arcanum arcanorum L., secret of secrets
Arrangement in Pink and Green [1994]
Artes Scientia [1992]
Artes Scientia Veritas L., Arts Sciences Truth
The detail is from the marble pavement of the duomo in Siena.
Essential Accidence [1994]
accidence n. 1. the part of grammar that deals with the inflection of words 2. the elementary or first parts of a subject; rudiments
The masculine, feminine, and neuter nominative singular forms for the Latin adjective varius appear on the left panel. Depending upon context, varius can mean colored, variegated, spotted, striped, checkered; different, varying, various, changeable; versatile; inconstant, unsteady, untrustworthy.
Both details come from Andrea Mantegna's Meeting of Ludovico and Francesco Gonzaga in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua.
Fiat Lux [1995]
fiat lux L., let there be light
The incised strapwork frame is from a late 16th-century German printer's mark.
Fidelitas [1994]
fidelitas L., faithfulness, loyalty, fidelity
The heart comes from Andreas Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica, and includes some of his anatomical identifications, e.g. the superior vena cava, at (F).
The Four Elements: Water/Earth [1993]
The Four Elements: Air/Fire [1993]
Fra [1994]
fra Italian brother; among; between; in, within
The detail on the right is from a side panel of Fra Angelico's Perugia Altarpiece, and depicts St. Dominic. St. Dominic is the patron saint of astronomers; his emblem is a star.
Gravitas [1990]
Ignis [1995]
ignis L., fire; conflagration; signal fire; torch; bolt of lightning; funeral pyre; star; brightness, glow, brilliancy, splendor; (fig) fire, rage, fury, love, passion; flame, sweetheart; agent of destruction
The image at right is an emblem designed for the print shop of Christian Egenolph, Frankfurt, 1546.
Juvenalia [1994]
The Kiss [1995]
fides L., trust, faith, reliance, confidence; credence, belief; trustworthiness, conscientiousness, honesty; promise, assurance, word of honor; protection, guarantee; promise of protection; confirmation, proof, fulfilment
The tree and birds are taken from a Giotto panel in the Louvre, St. Francis Preaching to the Birds. The figures on the left are a detail from a 15th-century fresco, The Court of Borso d'Este under the Sign of Venus, by Francesco del Cossa, in the Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara.
Missive [1995]
litterae scriptae manent l., written words [or letters] endure
No [1995]
Now What [1990]
Terra Incognita [1991]
Via [1993]
In both Latin and Italian, via means way, street, or road.
The small detail on the left is from Scene from a Novella (c. 1475), by Liberale da Verona, in
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vox Clamantis [1992]
