Congratulations and warmest greetings as you celebrate this special day. Your long and wholehearted dedication to scholarly pursuits has inspired many admirers in all parts of the world. From London, salutations on your achievements.
Sed omnia haec frustra sibi cognita fore
nisi ad vitam felicitatemque conducerent
rerum igitur cognitarum usu prosperam valetudinem
vitamque longaevam consecutus es
Prosperitate tua gaudeo: felicitatem opto.
(with quotations from Ficino, of course,
from letters to King Matthias
and to Bernardo Bembo)
25th April 2009)
Valery Rees
