{"id":1712,"date":"2013-07-01T20:12:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2013-07-01T20:12:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:12:59","slug":"notes-from-the-john-martin-rare-book-room-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2013\/07\/01\/notes-from-the-john-martin-rare-book-room-july-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room,  July 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Notes from the JMRBR,  July 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/rbrnewsletter20137.pdf\">GASPAR SCHOTT (1608-1666). Physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa, quibus pleraque&#8230;Wurzburg,] 1697.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schott was the author of several works on mathematics, physics, and magic. His most interesting work is the &#8220;Magia universalis natur\u00e6 et artis&#8221;, 1657-1659, which contains a collection of mathematical problems and a large number of physical experiments in optics and acoustics. He published &#8220;Pantometricum Kircherianum&#8221;; &#8220;Physica curiosa&#8221;, a supplement to the &#8220;Magia universalis&#8221;; &#8220;Anatomia physico-hydrostatica fontium et fluminum&#8221;, and a &#8220;Cursus mathematicus&#8221;. \u201cPhysica Curiosa\u201d is a large compendium of pictures and stories regarding monsters, physical abnormalities, and bizarre animals. Rather than a work of original scholarship Schott&#8217;s book, like many others of its kind, attempts to gather together as much as is commonly known on a topic. Many of the descriptions of animals and creatures repeat apocryphal accounts as if they are fact, and perpetuate belief in unicorns, satyrs, and other mythical beings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2013\/07\/Schott-494.5-393-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4403\" alt=\"Schott-494.5-393-001\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2013\/07\/Schott-494.5-393-001-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2013\/07\/Schott-494.5-595-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4404\" alt=\"Schott-494.5-595-001\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2013\/07\/Schott-494.5-595-001-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GASPAR SCHOTT (1608-1666). Physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa, quibus pleraque&hellip;Wurzburg,] 1697. Schott was the author of several works on mathematics, physics, and magic. His most&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}