frontispiece: Oculus Enoch et Eliae, sive Radius Sideromysticus pars Prima, 1645

Item

Identifier: RB-AS1645-2

Staff Only

frontispiece: Oculus Enoch et Eliae, sive Radius Sideromysticus pars Prima still image

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Caltech Images is a collection of over ten thousand images representing Caltech's history and the people who have contributed to the Caltech story. It includes historic and contemporary photographs of people and places, reproductions of historic scientific artifacts and art, and illustrations drawn from Caltech's rare book collection in the history of science and technology.

Dates

Creation: 1645

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 photographs (negative)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Anton Maria Schyrleus (1597-1660) was a Capuchin priest and professor, who worked in Bohemia, Trier and Ravenna. His astronomical work was completed in the low countries in the 1640s, and resulted in this rather unusual work -- a richly illustrated example of baroque natural philosophy. The Oculus might be considered a mystical work, reflecting the harmonies of an earth-centered, Tychonic cosmos in scriptural terms. The illustrations give a vivid impression of its combination of technical astronomy and mechanics with rich symbolism.