Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae

Also known as The Great Art of Light and Shadow, this book is the first published description in Europe of the illumination and projection of images, an illustration of Saturn, and many other aspects of light, sun, moon, stars, comets, optical illusions, phosphorescence, sundials, and more. Kircher...

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Main Author: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Format: Online
Language:Italian
Created: Scheus, Hermann, active 1638-1646 1646
Online Access:http://cdm15129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p264101coll7/id/14743
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spelling usfoai_p264101coll7-14743 AKir Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 1646 Also known as The Great Art of Light and Shadow, this book is the first published description in Europe of the illumination and projection of images, an illustration of Saturn, and many other aspects of light, sun, moon, stars, comets, optical illusions, phosphorescence, sundials, and more. Kircher, a Jesuit scholar, organized this work into 10 parts, symbolically representing the psalmist's ten stringed instrument in Psalm 143, as well as the ten emanations of the Sefirot in Kabbalah. Light; Optics; Cosmos; Sun; moon; stars; Saturn; zodiac; constellations; Jesuitica http://ignacio.usfca.edu/record=b1060299 book text Donohue Rare Book Room, Gleeson Library | Geschke Center, the University of San Francisco Q155 .K55 Scheus, Hermann, active 1638-1646 Italian The University of San Francisco can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of the University of San Francisco's collection must be given by the University of San Francisco. Rare Book Collection 935 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm Athanasii Kircheri Ars magna lucis et umbrae in decem libros digesta http://cdm15129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p264101coll7/id/14743
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description Also known as The Great Art of Light and Shadow, this book is the first published description in Europe of the illumination and projection of images, an illustration of Saturn, and many other aspects of light, sun, moon, stars, comets, optical illusions, phosphorescence, sundials, and more. Kircher, a Jesuit scholar, organized this work into 10 parts, symbolically representing the psalmist's ten stringed instrument in Psalm 143, as well as the ten emanations of the Sefirot in Kabbalah.
publisher Scheus, Hermann, active 1638-1646
publishDate 1646
url http://cdm15129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p264101coll7/id/14743
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