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[[Image:Kircher_Athanasius_Phonurgia_nova.jpg|thumb|258px|Kircher, ''Phonurgia nova'', 1673. [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/en/workview/dlf/1421/11/ View online].]] | [[Image:Kircher_Athanasius_Phonurgia_nova.jpg|thumb|258px|Kircher, ''Phonurgia nova'', 1673. [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/en/workview/dlf/1421/11/ View online].]] | ||
'''Athanasius Kircher''' (1601/02 – 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar. | '''Athanasius Kircher''' (1601/02 – 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar. | ||
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| − | ; Literature | + | ==Works== |
| + | (in Latin unless noted) | ||
| + | * ''Ars Magnesia'', 1631, [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k111088g Gallica]. | ||
| + | * ''Lingua aegyptiaca restituta'', 1644, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirlin/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Ars magna lucis et vmbrae in decem libros digesta'', 1646, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirart/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Musurgia vniuersalis'', 1650, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirmus/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Obeliscvs pamphilivs'', 1650, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirobe/ RBR], [http://archive.org/details/athanasiikircher00kirc IA] | ||
| + | * ''Oedipus Aegyptiacus'', 3 vols., 1652-54, [http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/search?searchSimple=kircher+Oedipus+Aegyptiacus MPIWG], [http://books.google.com/books/ucm?op=add&sig=ACfU3U1cIm_Xei25XMqHdb8Y5nS1mb15sw&uid=114584440181414684107&as_coll=7&id=jHCt_wrnMqcC Google, vol 1], [http://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=bdNIAAAAcAAJ&rdid=book-bdNIAAAAcAAJ&rdot=1 Google, vol 2], [http://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ldNIAAAAcAAJ&rdid=book-ldNIAAAAcAAJ&rdot=1 Google, vol 3]. | ||
| + | * ''Scrutinium physico-medicum contagiosae luis'', 1658, [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.COUNT:1170231 HUL]. | ||
| + | * ''Iter extaticum coeleste, quo mundi opificium'', 1660, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirite/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Diatribe de prodigiosis crucibus'', 1661, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirdia/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Polygraphia'', 1663, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirpol/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Mundus subterraneus'', 1665, [http://hos.ou.edu/galleries//17thCentury/Kircher/1665/ UOL]. | ||
| + | * ''Obelisci Aegyptiaci, 1666, [http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirada/ RBR]. | ||
| + | * ''Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum'', Kempten: Rudolph Dreherr, 1673, [[Media:Kircher_Athanasius_Phonurgia_nova.pdf|PDF]], [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/en/workview/dlf/1421/11/ SLUB], [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k111869n.r Gallica]. Early book on sound, acoustics and music; describes acoustic apparatuses and phenomena such as the ''tuba stentorophonica'' [the loud trumpet], the ''statua citofonica'' [the talking statue], or the Aeolian harp. Commentaries: [http://www.digicult.it/digimag/issue-055/athanasius-kircher-arca-musarithmica-and-many-sound-devices/], [http://webistem.com/acoustics2008/acoustics2008/cd1/data/articles/000807.pdf]. | ||
| + | * ''Sphinx Mystagoga'', 1676, [http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=drucke/15-9-quod-2f&distype=thumbs WDB]. | ||
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| + | ==Literature== | ||
| + | * Joscelyn Godwin, ''Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge'', Thames & Hudson, 1979, 96 pp, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=8583 Log]. | ||
| + | * John Edward Fletcher, ''A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’: With a Selection of his Unpublished Correspondence and an Annotated Translation of his Autobiography'', ed. Elizabeth Fletcher, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011, 656 pp, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6130 Log] | ||
* Daniel Stolzenberg, ''Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity'', University of Chicago Press, 2013, 320 pp. | * Daniel Stolzenberg, ''Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity'', University of Chicago Press, 2013, 320 pp. | ||
| − | * Daniel Stolzenberg, [http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/05/16/athanasius-kircher-and-the-hieroglyphic-sphinx/ | + | * Daniel Stolzenberg, "Athanasius Kircher and the Hieroglyphic Sphinx", ''Public Domain Review'', Sep 2014, [http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/05/16/athanasius-kircher-and-the-hieroglyphic-sphinx/ HTML]. |
| + | * Roberto Buonanno, ''The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher'', Springer, 2014, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/get.php?md5=633401f9ece070a9efe8e4f9461aa2ec PDF]. | ||
Revision as of 12:40, 27 November 2014
Kircher, Phonurgia nova, 1673. View online.
Athanasius Kircher (1601/02 – 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar.
Works
(in Latin unless noted)
- Ars Magnesia, 1631, Gallica.
- Lingua aegyptiaca restituta, 1644, RBR.
- Ars magna lucis et vmbrae in decem libros digesta, 1646, RBR.
- Musurgia vniuersalis, 1650, RBR.
- Obeliscvs pamphilivs, 1650, RBR, IA
- Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 vols., 1652-54, MPIWG, Google, vol 1, Google, vol 2, Google, vol 3.
- Scrutinium physico-medicum contagiosae luis, 1658, HUL.
- Iter extaticum coeleste, quo mundi opificium, 1660, RBR.
- Diatribe de prodigiosis crucibus, 1661, RBR.
- Polygraphia, 1663, RBR.
- Mundus subterraneus, 1665, UOL.
- Obelisci Aegyptiaci, 1666, RBR.
- Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum, Kempten: Rudolph Dreherr, 1673, PDF, SLUB, Gallica. Early book on sound, acoustics and music; describes acoustic apparatuses and phenomena such as the tuba stentorophonica [the loud trumpet], the statua citofonica [the talking statue], or the Aeolian harp. Commentaries: [1], [2].
- Sphinx Mystagoga, 1676, WDB.
Literature
- Joscelyn Godwin, Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge, Thames & Hudson, 1979, 96 pp, Log.
- John Edward Fletcher, A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’: With a Selection of his Unpublished Correspondence and an Annotated Translation of his Autobiography, ed. Elizabeth Fletcher, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011, 656 pp, Log
- Daniel Stolzenberg, Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity, University of Chicago Press, 2013, 320 pp.
- Daniel Stolzenberg, "Athanasius Kircher and the Hieroglyphic Sphinx", Public Domain Review, Sep 2014, HTML.
- Roberto Buonanno, The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher, Springer, 2014, PDF.
