uwmspeccoll:Science Saturday / Halloween CrossoverHalloween falls on a Saturday thisyear, and what b
uwmspeccoll:Science Saturday / Halloween CrossoverHalloween falls on a Saturday thisyear, and what better way to celebrate than to look at a “scientific” workabout monsters, Gaspar Schott’s Physica Curiosa!Gaspar Schott was17th-century German Jesuit scientist whose compilations, “experiments,” anddeep interest in magic occasionally led to some pretty dodgy publications ofhis own – much to the delight of his 21st-century readers! Such is the casewith his Physica Curiosa(almost-full title below), published in Würzburg (Herbipolis) in1662. This two-volume set explores thephysical curiosities of the known and unknown worlds, mixing (as the extendedtitle suggests) observed fauna, flora, and astronomical phenomena with fabulousbeasts, monsters, angels, demons, specters, and portents. P. Gasparis Schotti … Physicacuriosa, sive Mirabilia naturæ et artis libris XII. comprehensa; quibuspleraque, quæ de angelis, dæmonibus, hominibus, spectris, energumensis,monstris, portentis, animalibus, meteoris, &c. rara, arcana, curiosaq́uecircumferuntur, ad veritatis trutinam expenduntur, variis ex historia acphilosophia petitis disquisitionibus excutiuntur, & innumeris exemplisillustrantur …You can browse a digital copy of PhysicaCuriosa online through the InternetArchive! Which seems like a great Halloween activity. There is also a full moon tonight! SPOOKY!HAPPY HALLOWEEN!View our other posts about Physica Curiosa.View other Halloweeny-like posts.View more Science Saturday posts.– Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Intern -- source link