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Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and Its Legacy
Harry B. Evans
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Description for Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and Its Legacy
Hardcover. Investigating "Latium," Athanasius Kircher's 1671 study of the area around Rome Num Pages: 236 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn assesses a pioneering study of ancient Latium by one of the most interesting figures in the history of learning, the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher. Although Kircher's Latium, published in 1671, is not without errors in its reading of the ancient monuments and topography of the area around Rome, this highly influential work launched future topographical study of the Roman campagna. Harry B. Evans investigates Kircher's Latium, its methods and accuracy, its possible use as a reference now, the scholarly quarrel between Kircher and rival scholar Raffaello Fabretti, and the Vatican's publications committee's involvement with Latium.
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Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn assesses a pioneering study of ancient Latium by one of the most interesting figures in the history of learning, the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher. Although Kircher's Latium, published in 1671, is not without errors in its reading of the ancient monuments and topography of the area around Rome, this highly influential work launched future topographical study of the Roman campagna. Harry B. Evans investigates Kircher's Latium, its methods and accuracy, its possible use as a reference now, the scholarly quarrel between Kircher and rival scholar Raffaello Fabretti, and the Vatican's publications committee's involvement with Latium.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472118151
SKU
V9780472118151
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Reviews for Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher's Latium and Its Legacy
'Passages from Kircher's works, beautifully translated, and clearly reproduced maps and illustrations enable us once again to watch Kircher at work. Evans is lucid and appreciative.' - Anthony Grafton, London Review of Books