Internationale forschungsbibliografie zu athanasius. Mundus subterraneus is the most geological of kirchers works. Kircher, athanasius, celebrated for the versatility of his knowledge and particularly distinguished for his knowledge of the natural sciences, b. Musurgia universalis, by athanasius kircher rare music. Considered by many to be the greatest polymath in an encyclopedia age, athanasius kircher was a scholar who aspired to expertise in many different domains of knowledge and sought connections among them in a quest to recover ancient pansophia universal wisdom.
Athanasius kircher musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni free ebook download as pdf file. Kircher adds acoustical physics and heavenly music to mundane, human and instrumental music. Athanasius kircher, musurgia universalis rome, 1650. Pdf the literary production of athanasius kircher is vast, spanning almost. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. Kircher musurgia universalis university of glasgow. Musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni in x.
In promoting etruscan journey, a book he never managed to publish, he visited florence, repeatedly wrote notable members of the medici family, and even argued that ancient tuscany had been founded by noah though some pursuits were wasted efforts, the jesuits pursued valuable knowledge. Automaton campanarium fabricari design for automated chime bells from athanasius kircher german, 16021680 musurgia universalis. The arca musarithmica also arca musurgia or musical ark is an information device that was invented by jesuit scholar athanasius kircher in the mid 17th century. In he was called to vienna by the emperor to succeed kepler as mathematician to the habsburg court. Title musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni, in x libros digesta composer kircher, athanasius.
Kircher, musurgia universalis, steganographia musurgica wellcome l0025812. The harmony of the birth of the world harmonia nascentis mund from musurgia universalis by athanasius kircher. Athanasius kircher, born may 2, 1601, geisa, abbacy of fulda thuringia, germanydied november 27, 1680, rome italy, jesuit priest and scholar, sometimes called the last renaissance man, important for his prodigious activity in disseminating knowledge kircher learned greek and hebrew at the jesuit school in fulda, pursued scientific and humanistic studies at paderborn, cologne, and. From his birthplace he was accustomed to add the latin epithet bucho, or buchonius, to his name, although later he preferred calling himself fuldensis. Athanasius kircher genesis creation via organ harmonics cosmic organ inspires concert at memorial art gallery the image above is a page from musurgia universalis by athanasius kircher. Athanasius kircher 16021680 musurgia universalis, rome, 1650 florence, biblioteca nazionale centrale, magl.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The musurgia universalis 1650 sets out kirchers views on music. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. May 2, 1601, at geisa a small town on the northern bank of the upper rhone buchonia.
The subject of this exhibition is a hand coloured copy of musurgia universalis. The musurgia universalis sets out kirchers views on music. Athanasius kircher, andreas hirsch snippet view 1988. Athanasius kircher s oeuvre is distributed within forty printedbooks and over two thousands manuscripts and letters. Athanasius kircher, musurgia universalis, 1650 special collections featured item for november 2004 by tim eggington, former rare books librarian kircher, athanasius, 16021680.
Celebrated for the versatility of his knowledge and particularly distinguished for his knowledge of the natural sciences, b. Kircher s work in geology included studies of volcanoes and fossils. Kircher has been compared to fellow jesuit roger boscovich and to leonardo da vinci for his enormous range of interests, and has been honoured with the title master of a hundred arts. Musurgia universalis university of melbourne library. Athanasius kircher 16021680 was a german jesuit scholar a refugee from wartorn germany, kircher arrived in rome just after galileos condemnation, where he was heralded as possessing the secret of deciphering hieroglyphics. Just yesterday we quoted an athanasius kirchers excerpt from his musurgia universalis rome. A selection of images from works by and related to athanasius kircher held in the special collections and university archives of stanford university libraries. Through simple combinatoric techniques it is capable of producing millions of pieces of 4part polyphonic music. Musurgia universalis is a book by athanasius kircher. The result was a wonderful exhibit beautifully designed by becky fischbach that continues to exist on paper in the form of daniel stolzenbergs catalogue,the great art of knowing. Athanasius kircher sj musurgia universalis, 1650 socks. Kircher was no more successful interpreting ancient etruscan a language still not fully understood today. This book is notable for containing early plates of the earths interior, and views of spectacular eruptions of mt.
Volume 1 of musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni. His most important book concerning music is the musurgia universalis 1650, although important sections concerning designing of musical instruments and illusionistic machines can be found in many other works. Kircher, athanasius 1602 1680, german jesuit polymath and collector. Platos atlantis is represented as an island in the middle of the atlantic ocean. The book includes plans for constructing waterpowered automatic organs, notations of birdsong and diagrams of musical instruments. A biographic article in german about athanasius kircher. Its purpose was to enable non musicians to compose church music.
Athanasius kircher, musurgia universalis, 1650 university of reading. Athanasius kircher sometimes erroneously spelled kirchner was a 17th century german jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine. Athanasius kircher musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni. The harmony of the birth of the world harmonia nascentis mund from musurgia universalis giclee print by athanasius kircher.
Musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni etdissoni. Musurgia universalis athanasius kircher, melanie wald, andreas hirsch snippet view 2006. Athanasius kircher, musurgia universalis iowa research online. Athanasius kirchers beautiful musurgia universalis 1650. Athanasius kircher and his disciples led me to envision the workshop from which this volume originated. If the lack of information on frobergers life is undeniable, so too is the lack of scholarly research in this area. He also universails the logistics of the ark voyage, speculating on whether extra livestock was brought to feed carnivores and what the daily schedule of feeding and caring for animals must have been. Athanasius kircher 2 may 1602 28 november 1680 was a german jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. The quatercentenary of the birth of the jesuit polymath, father athanasius kircher 16021680, seemed an appropriate moment to examine one of the most famous volumes of his works in special collections the musurgia universalis published in two volumes in rome in 1650. Kircher, a german jesuit who spent much of his life in rome, was a polymathic scholar, following in the tradition of. Musurgia universalis, by athanasius kircher rare music collection, university of melbourne library automaton campanarium fabricari design for automated chime bells from athanasius kircher german, 16021680 musurgia universalis plate 19, vol.
Musurgia universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni in. He also invented the first megaphone he made an early study of egyptian hieroglyphs, and has been considered the founder of egyptology. The title page is a compendium of philosophical conceptions linked to the theme of the harmony of the universe. Kirchers work in geology included studies of volcanoes and fossils. A virtual exhibition by the special collections department of the univerity of glasgow. From frescobaldis craftsmanship to kirchers compositional secrets. Indeed, all the documents concerning his two visits to rome were found accidentally by scholars researching other subjects.
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