Athanasius Kircher

German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)

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  • Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, quorum I. De rebus quæ ante diluvium, II. De iis, quæ ipso diluvio ejusque duratione, III. De iis, quæ post diluvium a Noëmo gesta sunt, quæ omnia novâ methodo, nec non summa argumentorum varietate, explicantur, et demonstrantur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Above, a seated woman representing Latium (Lazio) or Rome; below, a triton, a river god and a winged woman, representing the Tiber. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1671.
  • Romani Collegii Societatus [sic] Jesu Musaeum celeberrimum ; cujus magnum antiquariæ rei, statuarum imagimun, picturarumque partem, ex legato Alphonsi Donini ... relictum / P. Athanasius Kircherus ... novis et raris inventis locupletatum ... instruxit ... Innumeris insuper rebus ditatum, ad plurimorum, maximè exterorum, curiositatisque doctrinæ avidorum instantiam urgentesque preces novis compluribusque machinis, tum peregrinis ex Indiis allatis rebus publicae luci votisque exponit Georgius de Sepibus.
  • Athanasii Kircheri ... Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis et natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. Quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúmq prodigiosorum causœ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur; instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúmq ad naturœ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámve sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singularis hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per novam phonologiam describitur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Astronomy: the 28 phases of the moon in a lunar month. Engraving by P. Miotte.
  • Musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni in X libros digesta / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Romani Collegii Societatus [sic] Jesu Musaeum celeberrimum ; cujus magnum antiquariæ rei, statuarum imagimun, picturarumque partem, ex legato Alphonsi Donini ... relictum / P. Athanasius Kircherus ... novis et raris inventis locupletatum ... instruxit ... Innumeris insuper rebus ditatum, ad plurimorum, maximè exterorum, curiositatisque doctrinæ avidorum instantiam urgentesque preces novis compluribusque machinis, tum peregrinis ex Indiis allatis rebus publicae luci votisque exponit Georgius de Sepibus.
  • Athanasii Kircheri ... Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis et natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. Quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúmq prodigiosorum causœ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur; instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúmq ad naturœ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámve sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singularis hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per novam phonologiam describitur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Astronomy: an oval chart showing how different planets affect different parts of a man's body. Engraving by P. Miotte.

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  • Athanasius Kircher being guided by an archangel to the celestial spheres. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.
  • Athanasius Kircher. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper.
  • An old woman representing the plague; above her, portrait of Athanasius Kircher. Process print, 1922, of an engraving, 1669.

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