This collection of articles illustrates the intimacy between science and literature, pleasure and sense, excess and moderation that Jean Céard sought to understand and that he instilled in those who collaborated or studied with him. Readers will discover a cornucopia of scientific joys, drawn from the fields that Jean Céard explored throughout his career (literature, philosophy, natural sciences, theology, poetry, translation). These seventy-two articles on Renaissance culture bear witness to the intellectual generosity and curiosity of one of the periods most eminent historians.