![52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 42: Athanasius Kircher's beautiful Musurgia Universalis (1650) – Special Collections blog 52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 42: Athanasius Kircher's beautiful Musurgia Universalis (1650) – Special Collections blog](http://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2013/04/kircher-musurgia-engraved-frontispiece-and-title-page.jpg)
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 42: Athanasius Kircher's beautiful Musurgia Universalis (1650) – Special Collections blog
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![Kircher's engraving of the art of mirror writing (or projecting), which... | Download Scientific Diagram Kircher's engraving of the art of mirror writing (or projecting), which... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41553979/figure/fig3/AS:422533011906567@1477751128654/Kirchers-engraving-of-the-art-of-mirror-writing-or-projecting-which-Kircher.png)
Kircher's engraving of the art of mirror writing (or projecting), which... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Alchemical Hermetic Image Titled Magneticum Naturae Regnum by a. Kircher Editorial Photo - Illustration of animals, conceptual: 200385691 Alchemical Hermetic Image Titled Magneticum Naturae Regnum by a. Kircher Editorial Photo - Illustration of animals, conceptual: 200385691](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/alchemical-hermetic-image-titled-magneticum-naturae-regnum-kircher-great-chain-composed-rings-stretched-sky-200385691.jpg)
Alchemical Hermetic Image Titled Magneticum Naturae Regnum by a. Kircher Editorial Photo - Illustration of animals, conceptual: 200385691
![A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646. A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0035361/full/full/0/default.jpg)
A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646.
![Bibliophilia on Twitter: "Athanasius Kircher. Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (The Great Art of Light and Shadow). 📖Sciathericon Medicinae Coelestis. 1646. A. Kircher has been compared to Leonardo da Vinci for his Bibliophilia on Twitter: "Athanasius Kircher. Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (The Great Art of Light and Shadow). 📖Sciathericon Medicinae Coelestis. 1646. A. Kircher has been compared to Leonardo da Vinci for his](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeO-XmaXcAwsD3m.jpg)