Antonio García Jiménez > 16-03-2019, 05:00 PM
Linda > 16-03-2019, 05:46 PM
-JKP- > 16-03-2019, 11:03 PM
nickpelling > 17-03-2019, 12:31 AM
Linda > 17-03-2019, 04:36 AM
(16-03-2019, 11:03 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.For a number of years, I've tried very hard to figure out where Kircher's engraver found the sources for these drawings. Engravers usually work from previous references (or a synthesis of previous references together with notes and instructions from the author).
Unfortunately, it has been difficult to trace these sources backwards, so after devoting countless hours to it, I don't have much info.
-JKP- > 17-03-2019, 05:04 AM
ReneZ > 17-03-2019, 08:30 AM
-JKP- > 17-03-2019, 10:01 AM
Linda > 17-03-2019, 05:51 PM
(17-03-2019, 08:30 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Whether Kircher's interest in volcanoes was triggered by parts of the first letter of Barschius/Moretus seems like a highly challenging piece of speculation.
We don't know what was in this first letter.
Also, the timing is difficult. Kircher was already on a trip to Southern Italy with the Landgrave of Hessen when the first letter arrived (second half of 1637). That he only responded to it in early 1639 may suggest that he had not even seen it.
aStobbart > 27-06-2020, 03:45 PM