Secretum
Secretum may refer to: *Secretum (book), a book by Petrarch *, a book by Monaldi & Sorti *Secretum (British Museum), the collection of obscene material held by the British Museum *A ''sigillum secretum'', a special seal Seal may refer to any of the following: Common uses * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, also called "true seal" ** Fur seal ** Eared seal * Seal ( ...

Secretum (British Museum)
The (Latin for ) was a British Museum collection of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that held Artifact (archaeology), artefacts and images deemed sexually graphic. Many of the items were amulets, charms and votive offerings, often from pre-Christian traditions, including the worship of Priapus, a Greco-Roman god of fertility and male genitalia. Items from other cultures covered wide ranges of human history, including ancient Egypt, the classical era Greco-Roman world, the ancient Near East, medieval England, Japan and India. Many of the early donations or sales to the museum, including those from the collectors Sir Hans Sloane, William Hamilton (diplomat), Sir William Hamilton, Richard Payne Knight and Charles Townley, contained items with erotic or sexually graphic images; these were separated out by museum staff and not put on public display. Modern scholars believe the segregation was probably motivated by a paternalistic stance from the museum to keep what the ...
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Secretum (book)
''Secretum'' (''De secreto conflictu curarum mearum'', translated as ''The Secret'' or ''My Secret Book'') is a trilogy of dialogues in Latin written by Petrarch sometime from 1342 to 1353, in which he examines his faith with the help of Saint Augustine, and "in the presence of The Lady Truth". ''Secretum'' was not circulated until some time after Petrarch's death, and was probably meant to be a means of self-examination during "the crisis of his middle years" more than a work to be published and read by others. The dialogue opens with Augustine chastising Petrarch for ignoring his own mortality and his fate in the afterlife by not devoting himself fully to God. Petrarch concedes that this lack of piety is the source of his unhappiness, but he insists that he cannot overcome it. The dialogue then turns to the question of Petrarch's seeming lack of free will, and Augustine explains that it is his love for temporal things (specifically Laura), and his pursuit of fame through poetry ...
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Monaldi & Sorti
Monaldi & Sorti is the pen name of the Italian married couple writer duo Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti. Rita Monaldi (born 1966) is an Italian journalist and writer. She majored in classical philology and specialized in the history of religions. Francesco Sorti (born 1964) is an Italian journalist and author. He majored in musicology and specialized in the 17th century. They both live with their two young children in Vienna. Works A series of literary-historical books, with Atto Melani as a central character: * ''Imprimatur'' * ''Secretum'' * ''Veritas'' * ''Mysterium'' All the book titles of the series will create the sentence ''Imprimatur secretum, veritas mysterium. Unicum …'' The authors translate this as follows: “Even when a secret is printed, the truth is always a mystery. It remains only…” The authors are keeping secret the titles of the final two volumes. They claim the novel was boycotted in Italy. * ''Malaparte. Morte come me ''Malaparte. Morte come me'' ...
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