the carnival of the animals was written on february 1886.
the carnival of the animals was written on february 1886.
when was the carnival of the animals written?
february 1886
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the name "lincei" (lynx) came from giambattista della porta's book ""magia naturalis,"" which had an illustration of the fabled cat on the cover and the words "..."with lynx like eyes, examining those things which manifest themselves, so that having observed them, he may zealously use them"". accademia dei lincei's symbols were both a lynx and an eagle; animals with, or reputed to have, keen sight (in classical and medieval bestiaries the lynx was reputed to be able to see through rock and "new walls"). the academy's motto, chosen by cesi, was: "take care of small things if you want to obtain the greatest results" ("minima cura si maxima vis"). according to t. o'conor sloane, their other motto was "sagacius ista". when cesi visited naples, he met with many scientists in fields of interest to him including the botanist, fabio colonna, the natural history writer, ferrante imperato, and the polymath della porta. della porta was impressed with cesi, and dedicated three works to the linceans including a treatise on distillation called "de distillatione", a book on curvilinear geometry called "elementa curvilinea", and "the transformations of the atmosphere". della porta encouraged cesi to continue with his endeavours. giambattista della porta joined cesi's academy in 1610. while in naples, cesi also met with nardo antonio recchi to negotiate the acquisition of a collection of material describing aztec plants and animals written by francisco hernández de toledo. this collection of material would eventually become the "tesoro messicano" ("mexican treasury").
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