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Concept

Deluge

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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].
  • Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • 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].
  • 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].
  • The flood: women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

    | Date: 1771-1876 | Reference: MS.1726
    • Pictures
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    The flood: women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 15708i
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    Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

    | Reference: 15707i
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    Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.

    Harris, John, 1667?-1719 | Date: 1697
    • Pictures

    The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.

    Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733. | Date: [between 1725 and 1739] | Reference: 2493580i
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