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[[File:Orcagna_scrying_engine.jpg|thumb|The Orcagna scrying engine in operation, downloading [[Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (nonfiction)|Abū Sahl al-Qūhī]]'s [[Perfect Compass]] protocol.]]The '''Orcagna scrying engine''' is a well-known [[scrying engine]] built into the statue of [[Orcagna (nonfiction)|Andrea Orcagna]] at Uffizi in Florence. | [[File:Orcagna_scrying_engine.jpg|thumb|The Orcagna scrying engine in operation, downloading [[Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (nonfiction)|Abū Sahl al-Qūhī]]'s [[Perfect Compass]] protocol.]]The '''Orcagna scrying engine''' is a well-known [[scrying engine]] built into the statue of [[Orcagna (nonfiction)|Andrea Orcagna]] at Uffizi in Florence. | ||
On November 16, 1838, the Orcagna scrying engine, under contract to [[House of Malevecchio]], downloaded [[Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (nonfiction)|Abū Sahl al-Qūhī]]'s [[Perfect Compass]] protocol | On November 16, 1838, the Orcagna scrying engine, under contract to [[House of Malevecchio]], downloaded an unprecedentedly high-resolution version of [[Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (nonfiction)|Abū Sahl al-Qūhī]]'s [[Perfect Compass]] protocol. [[House of Malevecchio|Malevecchio]] attempted to monopolize the high-resolution version of the protocol, but within five years the French, having reverse-engineered earlier translations of [[Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (nonfiction)|Abū Sahl al-Qūhī]]'s work, announced ''Le Compas Parfait''. Within fifty years, all of Christendom had similar systems. This period has sometimes been called the Second Renaissance, a kind of transdimensional counterpart of the Enlightenment. | ||
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The Orcagna scrying engine is a well-known scrying engine built into the statue of Andrea Orcagna at Uffizi in Florence.
On November 16, 1838, the Orcagna scrying engine, under contract to House of Malevecchio, downloaded an unprecedentedly high-resolution version of Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's Perfect Compass protocol. Malevecchio attempted to monopolize the high-resolution version of the protocol, but within five years the French, having reverse-engineered earlier translations of Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's work, announced Le Compas Parfait. Within fifty years, all of Christendom had similar systems. This period has sometimes been called the Second Renaissance, a kind of transdimensional counterpart of the Enlightenment.
In the News
September 16, 1839: Spokesman for the Uffizi scoffs at the notion of "scrying engines", declares that "Andrea Orcagna is many things -- painter, sculptor, architect -- but he is not the sorcerer you describe."
989: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Abū Sahl al-Qūhī declares that he too is "not the sorceror you describe."