German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)

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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.

Athanasius Kircher S. J. : master of a hundred arts, 1602-1680 / by P. Conor Reilly.

The great art of knowing : the baroque encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher : published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Stanford University libraries / edited by Daniel Stolzenberg.

The ecstatic journey : Athanasius Kircher in Baroque Rome / by Ingrid D. Rowland ; with an introduction by F. Sherwood Rowland.

La nascita dell'idolatria : l'Oriente religioso di Athanasius Kircher / Dino Pastine.

Athanasius Kircher : seine Mikroskopie, die Animalcula und die Pestwürmer / Luigi Belloni.

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.

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].

Astronomy: an oval chart showing how different planets affect different parts of a man's body. Engraving by P. Miotte.

Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Iesv. Diatribe. De prodigiosis crucibus, quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuuij montis Neapoli comparuerunt / [Athanasius Kircher].

The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.

Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Hoc est universalis hieroglyphicae veterum doctrinae temporum injuria abolitae instauratio. Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina et sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diversarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum / [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.

Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus.

Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali, e particolarmente a quelle, che ci son portate dall'Indie / Fatte da Francesco Redi e scritte in una lettera al reverendissimo padre Atanasio Chircher della Compagnia di Giesú.

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Athanasius Kircher

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The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.

Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Hoc est universalis hieroglyphicae veterum doctrinae temporum injuria abolitae instauratio. Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina et sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diversarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum / [Athanasius Kircher].

Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus.

Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali, e particolarmente a quelle, che ci son portate dall'Indie / Fatte da Francesco Redi e scritte in una lettera al reverendissimo padre Atanasio Chircher della Compagnia di Giesú.

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Athanasius Kircher

Images from the collections

Images by Athanasius Kircher

Images featuring Athanasius Kircher

Works from the collections

The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.

Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Hoc est universalis hieroglyphicae veterum doctrinae temporum injuria abolitae instauratio. Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina et sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diversarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum / [Athanasius Kircher].

Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus.

Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali, e particolarmente a quelle, che ci son portate dall'Indie / Fatte da Francesco Redi e scritte in una lettera al reverendissimo padre Atanasio Chircher della Compagnia di Giesú.

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