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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].]] | ||
| + | ; Works | ||
* ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirlin/ Lingua aegyptiaca restituta]'', 1644. | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirlin/ Lingua aegyptiaca restituta]'', 1644. | ||
* ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirart/ Ars magna lucis et vmbrae in decem libros digesta]'', 1646. | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirart/ Ars magna lucis et vmbrae in decem libros digesta]'', 1646. | ||
* ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirmus/ Musurgia vniuersalis]'', 1650. | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirmus/ Musurgia vniuersalis]'', 1650. | ||
| − | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirobe/ Obeliscvs pamphilivs]'', 1650. | + | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirobe/ Obeliscvs pamphilivs]'', 1650. [http://archive.org/details/athanasiikircher00kirc] |
| + | * ''[http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/content/search?searchSimple=kircher+Oedipus+Aegyptiacus Oedipus Aegyptiacus]'', 3 vols., 1652-54. [http://books.google.com/books/ucm?op=add&sig=ACfU3U1cIm_Xei25XMqHdb8Y5nS1mb15sw&uid=114584440181414684107&as_coll=7&id=jHCt_wrnMqcC Vol. 1], [http://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=bdNIAAAAcAAJ&rdid=book-bdNIAAAAcAAJ&rdot=1 Vol. 2], [http://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ldNIAAAAcAAJ&rdid=book-ldNIAAAAcAAJ&rdot=1 Vol. 3]. | ||
* ''[http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/680 Scrutinium physico-medicum contagiosae luis]'', 1658. | * ''[http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/680 Scrutinium physico-medicum contagiosae luis]'', 1658. | ||
* ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirite/ Iter extaticum coeleste, quo mundi opificium]'', 1660. | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirite/ Iter extaticum coeleste, quo mundi opificium]'', 1660. | ||
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* ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirada/ Obelisci Aegyptiaci], 1666. | * ''[http://rarebookroom.org/Control/kirada/ Obelisci Aegyptiaci], 1666. | ||
* ''[[Media:Kircher_Athanasius_Phonurgia_nova.pdf|Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum]]'', Kempten: Rudolph Dreherr, 1673. (in Latin). 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. Scans online: [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/en/workview/dlf/1421/11/], [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k111869n.r]. 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]. | * ''[[Media:Kircher_Athanasius_Phonurgia_nova.pdf|Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum]]'', Kempten: Rudolph Dreherr, 1673. (in Latin). 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. Scans online: [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/en/workview/dlf/1421/11/], [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k111869n.r]. 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]. | ||
| + | * ''[http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=drucke/15-9-quod-2f&distype=thumbs Sphinx Mystagoga]'', 1676. | ||
| − | + | ; Literature | |
| + | * 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/ "Athanasius Kircher and the Hieroglyphic Sphinx"], ''Public Domain Review'', Sep 2014. | ||
Revision as of 17:40, 11 September 2014
Kircher, Phonurgia nova, 1673. View online.
- Works
- Lingua aegyptiaca restituta, 1644.
- Ars magna lucis et vmbrae in decem libros digesta, 1646.
- Musurgia vniuersalis, 1650.
- Obeliscvs pamphilivs, 1650. [1]
- Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 vols., 1652-54. Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3.
- Scrutinium physico-medicum contagiosae luis, 1658.
- Iter extaticum coeleste, quo mundi opificium, 1660.
- Diatribe de prodigiosis crucibus, 1661.
- Polygraphia, 1663.
- Mundus subterraneus, 1665.
- Obelisci Aegyptiaci, 1666.
- Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum, Kempten: Rudolph Dreherr, 1673. (in Latin). 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. Scans online: [2], [3]. Commentaries: [4], [5].
- Sphinx Mystagoga, 1676.
- Literature
- 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.
