16-03-2019, 05:46 PM
As i recall the 1639 letter mentions that copies were sent with the 1637 letter. Could it have included copies of the volcanoes in the rosettes? Vesuvius had just erupted in 1631 so could have been recognizable, perhaps. Very coincidental to me that Kircher then goes off on a trip to see and get lowered into volcanoes in 1638.
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He publishes about subterranean fires and waters in 1664. When he receives the vms in 1665, those are the only clear indication of volcanoes to be seen, and the rest, as you mention, may have been less interesting to him as it did not clearly resemble the things he knew to be hieroglyphs, or volcanoes, or whatever else.
He publishes about subterranean fires and waters in 1664. When he receives the vms in 1665, those are the only clear indication of volcanoes to be seen, and the rest, as you mention, may have been less interesting to him as it did not clearly resemble the things he knew to be hieroglyphs, or volcanoes, or whatever else.