Pearl Park Scriptures, Galileo

Basic Information

Title: Pearl Park Scriptures, Galileo
Artist(s): Roman Verostko
Date Created: 2004
Framed Dimensions: 24.25 x 34.4 x 0.9 in.

Description

Text: “Philosophy is written in this grand book — I mean the universe — which stands continually opened to our gaze, but it cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and interpret the characters in which it is written. — Galileo Galilei, 1623”

Format: 224 characters, 8 characters per line, 14 lines per column, 2 columns

Source / Quelle: Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore, 1623

 

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