A few books of this philosopher-teacher-missionary who went among the Arabs and founded a university in Mallorca for the teaching of Arabic. Lullism constitutes a large bibliography.
| In the volume dedicated to Mallorca of the Album Maravella, one finds a topographical description of the island and wonderful illustrations of the Covers d'Artà of Grutes de l'Ermità., images of the precious collection of the Catedral de Palma, and above all, this notable painting of Ramon Lull, by Ricard Ankerman.
Ramon Llull (1235-1316) was a Catalan mystic whose works were a cornerstone in the development of the Roman Catalan language and who influence Neoplatonic mysticism in Medieval and 17th Century Europe. He is known in the history of ideas as the creator of an "art of finding truth" which supported the Catholic religious philosophy.
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