De umbris idearum (book)

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De umbris idearum (book)
You may be looking for the short story or the encyclical.

De umbris idearum, or "On the Shadows of Ideas", was a 16th century book on mnemonics written by Giordano Bruno. Beatrix II wrote an encyclical with the same name. (PROSE: De Umbris Idearum)