In this first volume of the Studia Fabriana Series, we are pleased to present the Acts of the Fabro Symposium, which took place at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on April 1st and April 2nd, 2016. It is our hope that these Acts, and the Studia Fabriana Series, will bring the thought of Cornelio Fabro into dialogue with modern philosophical discussions, providing new insights and guidance to the truth that all men long for.

Selected Works of Cornelio Fabro Volume 2: Selected Articles on Søren Kierkegaard, is the second volume of the English Selected Works of Cornelio Fabro. In addition to an introduction by Dr. Joshua Furnal, of Radboud University Nijmegen, this volume includes the following articles, published together for the first time: - “Actuality (Reality).” In Concepts and Alternatives in Kierkegaard. Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana, edited by Niels Thulstrup and Marie Mikulová Thulstrup, vol. 3, 111–113. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1980. - “Analogy.” In Theological Concepts in Kierkegaard. Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana, edited by Niels Thulstrup and Marie Mikulová Thulstrup, vol. 5, 96–98. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1980. - “Aristotle and Aristotelianism.” In Kierkegaard and Great Traditions. Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana, edited by Niels Thulstrup and Marie Mikulová Thulstrup, vol. 6, 27–53. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1981. Originally published as “La πίστις aristotelica nell’opera di S. Kierkegaard,” Proteus. Rivista di Filosofia 5, no. 13 (January-April 1974): 3–24. - “Atheism.” In Theological Concepts in Kierkegaard. Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana, edited by Niels Thulstrup and Marie Mikulová Thulstrup, vol. 5, 270–272. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1980. -“Edification.” In Some of Kierkegaard’s Main Categories. Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana, edited by Niels Thulstrup and Marie Mikulová Thulstrup, vol. 16, 154–163. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1988. - “Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard’s Dialectic.” Translated by J. B. Mondin. In A Kierkegaard Critique, edited by Howard A. Johnson and Niels Thulstrup, 156–206. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1962. Originally published as “Fede e ragione nella dialettica di Kierkegaard,” in Dall’essere all’esistente (Brescia: Morcelliana, 1957), 127–185. - “The ‘Subjectivity of Truth’ and the Interpretation of Kierkegaard.” Kierkegaard-Studiet, no. 1 (January 1964): 35–43. There are also three further articles, bringing this volume to a total of 10 articles.

Profiles of Saints presents a unique series of essays by the philosopher and Stigmatine priest, Cornelio Fabro, that follow from his observation that the common element in the lives of all saints is "the luminous thread of divine grace that is powerful in weakness." Drawing from the lives of ten very different saints, these “sketches” highlight that aspect of holiness proper to each saint by furnishing the reader with an insight often lacking in summaries of the lives of the saints: a genuine understanding of the essential humanity of the saints and of the real transformative power of God's mercy and grace. In this sensitive and refreshing treatment of the saints as real people whose lives were never free from human weakness, failure, and struggle, Fabro reveals his own profound spirituality, deeply rooted in the mystery of redemptive suffering. May this volume serve to inspire all authentic Christians to strive for a life of sanctity and foster devotion to the saints, whose very glory was their willingness to allow their lives to be illumined by grace.

This book aims to contribute to the knowledge of the cultural and linguistic relations between Italy and the Crown of Aragon in the 15th century. In particular, it studies some relevant aspects of the chivalric romance entitled Curial e Guelfa, written in Italy around 1443-1448 in Catalan, but mainly Italian in spirit, sources and onomastics. It is probably the very first work of a genre known as “humanistic chivalry”, the epitome of which will be Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. The literary context of Milan and Naples (The Three Crowns, Troubadour Lyrics, Humanism) is analyzed in the first part of the volume. It is this context that made possible the gestation of the Curial, an extraordinary anonymous romance, which was most likely written by the knight Enyego d’Àvalos (Inico d’Avalos), born in Toledo but raised in Valencia. The second part of the volume is devoted to the study of some lexical, stylistic and syntactic aspects of the Curial, which show the author's excellent knowledge of Catalan and the constant influence of Italian in the romance. Questo libro si propone di contribuire alla conoscenza delle relazioni culturali tra l'Italia e la Corona d’Aragona nel XV secolo. In particolare, studia il romanzo dal titolo Curial e Güelfa, scritto in Italia intorno al 1443-1448, dotato di italianità, fonti e onomastica, ma scritto in catalano. È probabilmente la primissima opera di un genere noto come “cavalleria umanistica| , la cui epitome sarebbe l’Orlando Furioso dell’Ariosto. Questo volume analizza il contesto letterario di Milano e Napoli che ha reso possibile questo straordinario romanzo anonimo, di cui conosciamo ormai con quasi assoluta certezza che il suo autore era Enyego o Inico d'Avalos. I contributi in questo volume approfondiscono alcuni degli aspetti lessicali, stilistici e sintattici di Curial e Güelfa, e mettono in evidenza l'eccellente conoscenza del catalano da parte del suo autore, nonché la presenza onnipresente della lingua italiana. El libro pretende contribuir al conocimiento de las relaciones culturales entre Italia y la Corona de Aragón en el siglo XV. En concreto se ocupa de la novela Curial e Güelfa , gestada en Italia hacia 1443-1448, de espíritu, fuentes y onomástica principalmente italianos, pero redactada en lengua catalana. Es probablemente la manifestación más primeriza del género literario conocido como “caballería humanística”, que tendrá su punto culminante con el Orlando furioso, d’Ariosto. Este volumen analiza el contexto literario de Milán y Nápoles que hizo posible esta extraordinaria novela anónima, de la que ahora sabemos con casi absoluta certeza que su autor fue Enyego o Inico d’Avalos. Las contribuciones de este volumen profundizan en algunos de los aspectos léxicos, estilísticos y sintácticos de Curial e Güelfa, y destacan el excelente conocimiento del catalán de su autor, así como la presencia omnipresente de la lengua italiana.

The knowledge of papermaking spread slowly over Italy from the start of the thirteenth century. Scholarly interest in the history of Italian paper manufacture has concentrated especially on the earliest period. Research into paper from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries has lagged somewhat behind. Watermarks are extremely important for investigating the origins of paper. This book offers high quality x-rays and descriptions of ca. three hundred Italian watermarks. A selection of paper produced in different areas of Italy is presented with an identification.

Bibliophiles in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century began to take a serious interest in the manuscripts of the Middle East and the paper on which they were written. Perhaps the most important of these men were C.-M. Briquet working in Geneva, and J. Wiesner and J. von Karabacek working in Vienna. All three were concerned with the burning topic of the moment: Was oriental paper made of cotton? Within the space of two years these three writers published seminal articles for the European study of Arab paper. Das Arabische Papier is one of those articles. The late Don Baker's inspiration to set about the translation and interpretation of this work was 'simply the desire to know the contents of this much quoted article'. Students, historians, curators, collectors, conservators and all those interested in the historical development and spread of papermaking will realise why Don Baker wished to make this important text available to English readers. This Archetype edition is a revised edition of the volume, which Don Baker produced in 1991.