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The great art of knowing : the baroque encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher
- Title
- The great art of knowing : the baroque encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher / edited by Daniel Stolzenberg.
- Publication
- [Stanford, Calif.] : Stanford University libraries ; Fiesole (Firenze) : Cadmo, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 02-3257 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xii, 160 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Stanford University libraries.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Cont. bibl. references and notes. - Joint ed. - Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). - Bound. - Paperback ed. only avail. at exhibition at Lire 80.000.
- Foreword / Michael A. Keller -- Preface / Roberto G. Trujillo and Henry Lowood -- Introduction : inside the baroque encyclopedia / Daniel Stolzenberg -- Science, history, and erudition : Athanasius Kircher's museum at the Collegio Romano / Paula Findlen -- Kircher's magnetic investigations / Martha Baldwin -- Kircher's subterranean world and the dignity of the geocosm / Tara E. Nummedal -- The connoisseur of magic / Daniel Stolzenberg -- Between the demonic and the miraculous : Athanasius Kircher and the baroque culture of machines / Michael John Gorman -- Making music, making knowledge : the harmonius universe of Athanasius Kircher / Penelope Gouk -- Matters medical / Martha Baldwin -- "If you have a secret, either keep it, or reveal it" : cryptography and universal language / Nick Wilding -- China illustrata the universe in a cup of tea / Haun Saussy -- Kircher's Egypt / Daniel Stolzenberg -- Kircher among the ruins : esoteric knowledge and universal history / Daniel Stolzenberg -- Appendix I : Kircher's correspondence / Nick Wilding -- Appendix II : Bibliography of works by and related to Athanasius Kircher at the Stanford University Libraries / John E. Mustain and Barry E. Hinman.
- Call Number
- JFF 02-3257
- ISBN
- 0911221239
- OCLC
- 47754398
- Title
- The great art of knowing : the baroque encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher / edited by Daniel Stolzenberg.
- Imprint
- [Stanford, Calif.] : Stanford University libraries ; Fiesole (Firenze) : Cadmo, 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Stolzenberg, Daniel.Stanford University. Libraries.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 02-3257