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Encyclopedia > Library of Sir Thomas Browne


No single document gives better evidence of the erudition of Sir Thomas Browne, physician, philosopher and encyclopedist than the 1711 Sales Auction Catalogue of the Library of Sir Thomas Browne. It also provides an insight into the proliferation, distribution and availability of books printed throughout 17th century Europe which were purchased in increasing number by the intelligentsia, aristocracy, priest, physician or educated merchant-class. Denotative Meaning of the Word Erudite/Erudition The word Erudition came into Middle English from Latin. ... Sir Thomas Browne (October 19, 1605 - October 19, 1682) was an English author of varied works that disclose his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. ... The term encyclopedist is usually used for a group of French philosophers who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... The Ancient Greek term aristocracy meant a system of government with rule by the best. This is the first definition given in most dictionaries. ...


Thomas Browne graduated from the University of Leiden in 1633, having previously studied at the Universities of Montpellier and Padua for his medical degree. Upon his establishment in Norwich as a physician he was able to begin a lifetime's bibliophilia, building a private library, acquiring and no doubt reading many of an estimated 1500 titles. Browne was adept in no less than five contemporary languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Danish), Greek and Hebrew these languages as well as the predominant written form of the Renaissance namely Latin are all represented in his Library. Leiden University in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... The University of Montpellier, (Université de Montpellier), is a French university in Montpellier. ... Gymnasivm Patavinum: The Universitys main Bo palace shown in a 1654 woodcut The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is one of the most well-renowned universities in Italy. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch or Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... Bibliophilia is the love of books; a bibliophile is a lover of books. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...


The 1711 Sales Auction Catalogue reflects the wide scope of Browne's amateur hobbies and lists the diverse reading material he engaged upon in his lifetime as well as some of the sources for his encyclopaedia Pseudodoxia Epidemica more commonly known as Vulgar Errors. It went through no less than six editions from 1646 to 1672 was translated into French, Latin and Dutch and established Browne's name as one of the leading intellects of seventeenth century Europe. Sir Thomas Brownes vast work refuting the common errors and superstitions of his age, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, first appeared in 1646 and went through five editions, the last revision occurring in 1672. ... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ...



Browne's erudite learning is reflected in the fact that the Classics of antiquity as well as history, geography, philology, philosophy, anatomy, theology, cartography, embryology, medicine, cosmography, ornithology, mineralogy, zoology, travel, law, mathematics, geometry, literature, both Continental and English, the latest advances in scientific thinking in astronomy, chemistry as well as esoteric topics such as astrology, alchemy, physiognomy and the Kabbalah are all represented in the Catalogue of his library contents. It was however not until 1986 that the Catalogue was first made widely available when the American scholar Jeremiah Stanton Finch, Dean Emeritus at Yale University, completed the indexing of the books of Sir Thomas and his son Edward Browne's libraries, after many years in many libraries. J.S. Finch noted that the Catalogue advertised books of Sculpture and Painting, which somehow never made it to the Auction. In the event, the Auction held upon January 8th-10th, 1711 was attended by Jonathan Swift and buyers working on behalf of Sir Hans Sloane. Thus an unknown percentage of books auctioned from the Library of Sir Thomas Browne subsequently formed the foundation for the future British Library. For other meanings, see Classics (disambiguation) Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... One of the most famous quotations about history and the value of studying history, by Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, reads: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... Philosophy, (Greek: Φιλοσοφία, philo-sophia, love of wisdom) // Meaning and use of Philosophy The word once included all forms of knowledge, and all methods for attaining it. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making maps or globes. ... Embryology is the subdivision of developmental biology that studies embryos and their development. ... Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Information- medical news, links and resources Collection of links to free medical resources Category: ... Cosmography is the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) A representation of the earth or the heavens. ... Ornithology (from the Greek ornis = bird and logos = word/science) is the branch of zoology concerned with the scientific study of birds and it includes observations on the structure and classification of birds, and on their habits, song and flight. ... Mineralogy is an earth science that involves the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Law Law topics overview List of areas of law List of legal topics List of legal terms List of jurists List of legal abbreviations List of case law lists List of law firms Further reading Cheyenne Way: Conflict & Case Law in Primitive Jurisprudence, Karl... Mathematics is often defined as the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. ... Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth, metria = measure) arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. ... ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... Astrology: the study of the positions of the celestial objects relative to the Earth and how these positions affect happenings on the lives of cultures, nations and the natural environment. ... // Introduction The fundamental component of chemistry is that it involves matter in some way (this explains its broad reach). ... An astrological chart (or horoscope) - Y2K Chart — This particular chart is calculated for January 1, 2000 at 12:01:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time in New York City, New York, USA. (Longitude: 074W0023 - Latitude: 40N4251), using the tropical zodiac Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, star + λόγος, logos, word) is... Alchemy is an early protoscientific practice combining elements of chemistry, physics, astrology, art, semiotics, metallurgy, medicine, and mysticism. ... Physiognomy (Gk. ... Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה reception, Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, soul of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub. ... Hans Sloane. ... British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ...


The 1711 Sales Catalogue permits a rare glimpse into the distinguished and divided spheres of science, religion and the arts in the sevententh century. It also records the omnivorous reading material and bibliophilia which Browne engaged upon over a half century ; as Leonard Nathanson (Chicago 1967) once remarked:

to the student of the history of ideas in its modern sense of the inter-relationship between philosophy, science, art and philosophy, Browne is of great importance.


The one-time blind librarian Jorge Luis Borges, a life-long admirer of Browne, considered paradise itself to be a Library. The following titles represent approximately 5% of the total volume of Sir Thomas Browne's library. See also Blindness (novel) Blindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking visual perception. ... Jorge Luis Borges (, bôr′hÄ•s) (August 24, 1899 â€“ June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered to be one of the foremost writers of the 20th century. ... Look up Paradise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Paradise is also a title of a tv-series The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word of pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate of the Greek peri-, and -diz (to create, make). ... Modern-style library In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ...

Contents


Ancient World

Aristotle, marble copy of bronze by Lysippos. ... Alhazen Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham (also: Ibn al Haythen), (965-1040), was an Persian mathematician; he is sometimes called al-Basri, after his birthplace. ... Bust of Aristophanes Aristophanes (c. ... Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonius Rhodius), librarian at Alexandria, was a Greek grammarian and epic poet, who flourished under the Ptolemies Philopator and Epiphanes (222-181 BC). ... Epicurus (Epikouros or Eπίκουρος in Greek) (born Samos 341 BC–died Athens, 270 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher who was the founder of Epicureanism, one of the most popular schools of Hellenistic Philosophy. ... Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity. ... Euclid Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: ) (ca. ... A Statue of Euripides Euripides (c. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. ... Plato (Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn) (ca. ... Timaeus (c. ... The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. ... Strabo (squinty) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. ... Isaac Casaubon (February 18, 1559 - July 1, 1614) was a classical scholar, first in France then later in England, regarded by many at the time as the most learned in Europe. ... Theophrastus, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school, a native of Eresus in Lesbos, was born c. ... Isaac Casaubon (February 18, 1559 - July 1, 1614) was a classical scholar, first in France then later in England, regarded by many at the time as the most learned in Europe. ...

Late Roman Empire/early Christian era

The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine Empire. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Censorinus, Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer, flourished during the 3rd century AD. He was the author of a lost work De Accentibus and of an extant treatise De Die Natali, written in 238, and dedicated to his patron Quintus Caerellius as a birthday gift. ... Marcus Tullius Cicero (standard English pronunciation ; Classical Latin pronunciation ) (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin orator and prose stylist. ... The Dream of Scipio (Latin, Somnium Scipionis) is a dream-vision by the Roman philosopher Cicero in which Scipio Aemilianus Africanus meets his grandfather by adoption, Scipio Africanus Major (236 BC - 184 BC), hero of the Second Punic War against Hannibals Carthage. ... Athenaeus (ca. ... The Deipnosophistes (deipnon “dinner” and sophistae, “the wise ones”) is variously translated as The Banquet of the Learned or Philosophers at Dinner or The Gastronomers is work of some 15 books (some complete and some surviving in summaries only) by the ancient Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis in Egypt, written... Isaac Casaubon (February 18, 1559 - July 1, 1614) was a classical scholar, first in France then later in England, regarded by many at the time as the most learned in Europe. ... This article is about the Roman author Petronius. ... Satyricon, or the Petronii Arbitri Saturicon, is a book of randy and satirical Neroic tales by Petronius Arbiter, of whom little is known. ... Iamblichus (ca. ... This topic is considered to be an essential subject on Wikipedia. ... Chaldea was a nation in the southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain. ... It has been suggested that Isidro be merged into this article or section. ... Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a writer of the late Latin period, whose career flourished some time during the 5th century, before the year 439. ... Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Roman grammarian and philosopher, flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395-423). ... The Dream of Scipio (Latin, Somnium Scipionis) is a dream-vision by the Roman philosopher Cicero in which Scipio Aemilianus Africanus meets his grandfather by adoption, Scipio Africanus Major (236 BC - 184 BC), hero of the Second Punic War against Hannibals Carthage. ... Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (AD 480 - 524 or 525) was a Christian philosopher of the 6th century. ... This early printed book has many hand-painted illustrations depicting Lady Philosophy and scenes of daily life in fifteenth-century Ghent (1485) Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. ... Naturalis Historia Pliny the Elders Natural History is an encyclopedia written by Pliny the Elder. ... Lucian Lucian of Samosata (Greek, Λουκιανὸς Σαμοσατεύς, Latin, Lucianus; c. ... Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c 92-c 175), known in English as Arrian, was a Roman historian. ... Note: This article is about the Roman poet, who is the most famous person by this name. ... Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. ... Valerius Maximus was a Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes. ... Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (ca. ... Titus Maccius Plautus (born at Sarsina, Umbria in 254 B.C.) was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic. ... Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC â€“ Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC–19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that... Bust of Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N¹) (ca. ... Florence Estienne Méric Casaubon (August 14, 1599 - July 14, 1671), son of Isaac Casaubon, was an English classical scholar. ... Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (69/70 AD - After 130 AD) or known as Suetonius was a prominent Roman Writer. ... Philemon Holland (1552 - 1637) was an English translator. ... Florus, Roman historian, flourished in the time of Trajan and Hadrian. ...

Contemporary Science

... Petrus Apianus (real name Peter Bienewitz) (April 16, 1495 - April 21, 1557) was a German astronomer, cartographer and instrument maker. ... Isaac Barrow Isaac Barrow (1630 - May 4, 1677) was an English divine, scholar and mathematician who is generally given minor credit for his role in the development of modern calculus; in particular, for his work regarding the tangent; for example, Barrow is given credit for being the first to calculate... Euclid Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: ) (ca. ... Robert Boyle The Honourable Robert Boyle (January 25, 1627 - December 30, 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. ... Henry Briggs (February 1556 - January 26, 1630) was an English mathematician. ... Thomas Digges (1546 – August 24, 1595) was an English astronomer. ... Thomas Fincke (January 6, 1561 - April 24, 1656) was a Danish mathematician and physicist, and a professor at the University of Copenhagen for more than sixty years. ... On January 7, 1610 Galileo discovered three of Jupiters four largest satellites (moons): Io, Europa, and Callisto. ... Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems) was Galileos comparison of the Copernican system, in which the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun, with the traditional Ptolemaic system, in which everything in the Universe circles around the Earth. ... Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems) was Galileos comparison of the Copernican system, in which the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun, with the traditional Ptolemaic system, in which everything in the Universe circles around the Earth. ... For other people named William Gilbert, see William Gilbert (disambiguation) William Gilbert William Gilbert (or William Gylberde) born May 24, 1544, Colchester, England and died November 30, 1603, probably in London. ... De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth) is a scientific work published in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert. ... Sir Matthew Hale (1609—1676), Lord Chief Justice of England, was born on the 1st of November 1609 at Alderley in Gloucestershire, where his father, a retired barrister, had a small estate. ... Evangelista Torricelli, portrait by an unknown artist Evangelista Torricelli (October 15, 1608 - October 25, 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician. ... Jean-Baptiste du Hamel was an notable French natural philosopher of the later seventeenth century, and secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences. ... A burst of meteors A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earths (or another bodys) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. ... A fossil Ammonite Fossils are the mineralized remains of animals or plants or other traces such as footprints. ... Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (approximate pronunciation: HOW-khens; SAMPA /h9yGEns/ or /h@YG@ns/) (April 14, 1629–July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... A portrait, claimed by historian Lisa Jardine to be of Robert Hooke Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 - March 3, 1703), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the seventeenth century, played an important role in the scientific revolution. ... Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a Lutheran mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. ... Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594) was a Flemish cartographer of Dutch descent, remembered for the Mercator projection named after him. ... Claude Mydorge (1585 – July 1647) was a French mathematician. ... Abraham Ortelius. ... Georg Purbach (May 30, 1423 – April 8, 1461) was an Austrian astronomer and mathematician. ... Johannes Müller von Königsberg (June 6, 1436 – July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, was an important German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. ... Robert Recorde (c. ... John Speed (1542-1629) was a historian, now best remembered as the cartographer whose maps of English counties are often found framed in homes throughout the UK. He was born at Farndon in Cheshire, and went into his fathers tailoring business where he worked until he was about 50... Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia. ...

Philosophy

  • Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning, 1628
    • Natural History, 1628
    • Opuscula Philosophica, 1658
  • Bellarmine, Apologia pro Jure Princip., 1611
  • René Descartes, Discourse on Method , 1637, 1st edition
    • Méditations, 1644
    • Meditationes de prima Philosophia, Amsterdam 1644
    • Principia Philosophia, Amsterdam 1656
    • Lettres, Paris 1657
    • de la Lumière &c., Paris 1664
    • les Passions de l'âme, Amsterdam 1650
    • Compendium of Musick, London 1653
    • Of a Method for the well-guiding of Reason, London 1649
  • Thomas Hobbes, Elementorum Philosophiae Sectio Secunda de Homine, 1658
    • Elementa Philosophica de Cive 2nd edit., Amsterdam 1647
  • Justus Lipsius, Opera, 4 Tomi in 3 vol., Antwerp 1637
  • Jan Gruter, Inscriptiones antiquae totius orbis Romani, 2 vols. Heidelberg 1603
  • Machiavelli, History of Florence, Strasbourg 1610
  • Blaise Pascal, Pensées 1670
    • Discours sur les mêmes Pensées, 1672

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, spy, freemason and essayist. ... Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino (Saint Robert Bellarmine), a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church and a controversialist, was born at Montepulciano (35 km s. ... Wikisource has original works written by or about: René Descartes Works by René Descartes at Project Gutenberg A summary of his book A Discourse On Method French Translations of Descartes Meditations: [5] French Audio Book (mp3) : excerpt about animals/machines from Discourse On the Method Discourse On the Method – at... The Discourse on Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. ... Thomas Hobbes (April 5, 1588–December 4, 1679) was a noted English political philosopher, most famous for his book Leviathan (1651). ... Justus Lipsius, Joost Lips or Josse Lips (October 18, 1547 — March 23, 1606), was a Flemish philologian and humanist. ... Jan Gruter (or Gruytere; Latinized Janus Gruterus) (December 3, 1560 - September 20, 1627), was a critic and scholar of the Netherlands. ... Detail of the portrait of Machiavelli, ca 1500, in the robes of a Florentine public official Niccolò Machiavelli (May 3, 1469—June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher during the Renaissance. ... Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... The Pensées (literally, thoughts) represented an apology for the Christian religion by Blaise Pascal, the renowned 17th century philosopher and mathematician. ...

Theology

St. ... This article is about the work by St. ... Wikisource has original works written by or about: Thomas Aquinas Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Thomas Aquinas By Aquinas Summa contra Gentiles Summa Theologiae The Principles of Nature On Being and Essence (De Ente et Essentia) Catena Aurea (partial) Corpus Thomisticum - the works of St. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Samuel Bochart (30th May 1599 - 16th May 1667) was a French scholar born in Rouen. ... Jean Bodin (1530-1596) was a French jurist, member of the Parliament of Paris and professor of Law in Toulouse. ... Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its most distinguished teachers. ... Ralph Cudworth (1617 - June 26, 1688) was an English philosopher, the leader of the Cambridge Platonists. ... Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, also known as pseudo-Denys, is the name scholars have given to an anonymous theologian and philosopher of the 5th century, who wrote a collection of books (Corpus Areopagiticum) falsely ascribed to the Dionysius mentioned in Acts 17:34. ... Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ... Joseph Hall (July 1, 1574 - September 8, 1656), English bishop and satirist, was born at Bristow park, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on the 1st of July 1574. ... Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) The Luther seal Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions. ... Marin Mersenne, Marin Mersennus or le Père Mersenne (September 8, 1588 – September 1, 1648) was a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist. ... Portrait of Sebastian Münster by Christoph Amberger, c. ... Origen ( 182– 251) was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. ... James Ussher (also spelled Usher) (January 4, 1581–March 21, 1656) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–1656 and a prolific religious scholar who most famously published a chronology which dated creation from 4004 BC. Ussher was born in Dublin, Ireland into a well-to...

Medical

  • Avicenna Opera, 2 vols. 1608 Venice
  • Thomas Bartholin Anatomia Reformata, Leyden 1651
    • de Medicina Danorun Domestica, Hannover 1666
    • de Luce Animalium, Leyden 1647
    • Historiar. Anatomic. rarior. Cent. VI, 3 vol. Hannover 1654
    • de Pulmonum Substantia et Motu, Hannover 1663
    • de Lacteis Thoracicis, London 1652
    • de Ovariis Mulierum & Generat. Historia, 1678
  • Gerolamo Cardano Opera, 10 vol. Leyden 1663
  • Pedanius Dioscorides Opera, 1598
    • Parabilia, 1598
  • Charles Estienne De dissectione Corporis humani, 1545
  • Hieronymus Fabricius Opera Anatomica, Paris 1625
    • De Visione, Voce & Auditu, Venice 1600
    • Ab Aquapendente Opera Chirurgica, Venice 1619
  • Fallopius, Opera, Frankfurt 1600
  • Jean Fernel, Cosmotheoria, 1528
  • Galen, Opera, 5 books in 3 vols. Basle 1538
  • Pierre Gassendi,Vita Epicuri, Leiden 1647
    • de apparente magnitudine solis humilis et sublimis, Paris 1642
    • Instit. Astronomia item Galileo et Kepler, 1683
    • Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, 1648
  • Francis Glisson, De ventriculo & Intestinis, London 1677
    • de Rachitide, London 1650
  • Jonathan Goddard, Unhappy condition of Practice of Physick in London, 1670
  • William Harvey, De Generatione , London 1651
  • Hippocrates Opera 1624
    • Aphorismi & Prognost in Greek and Latin, ed. Jo. Butino 1625
    • Coacae Praenotiones, notes by John Johnson, Amsterdam 1660
    • de Morbis Mulierum, Paris 1585
    • Praenotiones, Paris 1585
  • Marcello Malpighi De viscerum structura, London 1669
    • de formatione Pulli in Ovo, London 1673
    • de Viscerum Structura, London 1669
  • Jan Swammerdam, Uteri Muliebris Fabrica, London 1680
    • of Respiration, Leiden 1667
  • Thomas Sydenham, Observationes Medical., London 1676
    • de Podagra & Hydrope, London 1683
    • Schedula Monitoria de nova Febris Ingressu, London 1686
    • Epist. duae de Morbis Epidem. & de Lue Venera, London 1680
  • Dissertatio Epistolaris, London 1682
  • Walter Charleton, Enquiries into Human Nature, 1680
    • Darkness of Atheism dispelled by Nature's Light, 1652
  • Henry Martini,Anatomia Urinae Galeno-Spagyrica, Frankfurt 1659
  • George Ent, Apolog. pro Circulatione Sanguinis adv. et Parisanum, London 1641
  • Franz de la Boe a.k.a. Franciscus Sylvius
  • Thomas Willis, Opera varia, 5 vols. London 1664
    • Cerebri Anatome cum fig., London 1664
  • Richard Lower, De Corde: item de motu & colore sanguinis, London 1670
  • Julius Caesar Scaliger, On Insomnia, Geneva 1610
  • Vesalius, De humana Corporis fabrica, 8 Books 1555
  • Jacques Dubois aka Jacobus Sylvius de Signis omnib. Medicis Paris 1630

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Esoteric

  • Archangulus, Cabalistarum Selectiora Obscurioraque Dogmata, Venice 1569
  • Elias Ashmole ed., Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum, 1652
  • Tommaso Campanella, 7 Astrological books, Frankfurt 1630
  • Arthur Dee, Fasciculus Chemicus
  • Gaffarel, Unheard-of Curiosities, Paris 1650
  • Franceso Giorgio, Harmonia Mundi, Venice 1525
  • Johann Glauber, de natura Salium, Amsterdam 1658
  • Helvetius, Miraculo transmutandi Metallica, Antwerp 1667
  • Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Rome 1652
    • China illustrated, Amsterdam 1667
    • Ars Magna Lucis & Umbrae, Rome 1646
    • Magnes sive de Arte Magnetica, Rome 1654
    • Obeliscus Pamphilius, Rome 1650
    • Mundus Subterraneus, 2 Vols. Amsterdam 1665
  • Raymund Lull, Vademecum, quo sontes Alchemica Art, 1572
  • Paracelsus, Opera Medico-Chimica, Frankfurt 1603
  • Petrae, Nosologia Harmonica Dogmatica et Hermetica, 1615
  • Giambattista della Porta, Natural Magic, 1644
    • Villa, 12 Books Frankfurt 1592
    • Phytognomica, Naples 1588
    • Coelestis Physiogranonia, Naples 1603
    • de Miracoli & Maravigliosi Effetti dalla Natura prodotti, Venice 1665
  • Henry Ranzovus, Astrologia Scientiae Certitudo, 1585
  • Martin Ruland, Dictionary of alchemy, 1612
  • Sendivogius, The true secret Philosophy, Castille 1651
  • Theatrum Chemicum, 5 vols. Strasbourg 1613
  • Johannes Trithemius, Polygraphiae Libri 6., Cologne 1571
  • Basil Valentine, Currus Triumphalis, with fig., Amsterdam 1671
  • Thomas Vaughan, A Hermeticall Banquet drest by a Spagyrical Cook, 1652
  • Blaise de Vigenère, Tract du Feu & du Sel, Rouen 1642
  • Vossius,De Idolatria (1642)
  • Johann Weyer, Opera, Amsterdam 1660

Elias Ashmole by an unknown hand (detail), after a portrait by John Riley, c. ... Tommaso Campanella (September 5, 1568 - May 21, 1639), baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was a Dominican theologian, philosopher and poet. ... Arthur Dee (1571-1651) was the eldest son of Dr John Dee. ... Fasciculus Chemicus or , is an anthology of alchemical writings compiled by Arthur Dee (1579-1651) in 1629 whilst resident in Moscow as chief physician to Czar Mikhail Romanov, founder of the Romanov dynasty (1613-1917) Fasiculus Chemicus was revised by Arthur Dee sometime between 1631-33 and translated from Latin... Jacques Gaffarel (1601‑1684) was a librarian to Cardinal Richelieu and a famous astrologer. ... Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604 - March 10, 1670), a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. ... Claude Adrien Helvétius (January 1715 - December 26, 1771) was a French philosopher and litterateur. ... Athanasius Kircher (sometimes spelt Kirchner) (May 2, 1601?–27 November 1680) was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology and medicine. ... Oedipus Aegyptiacus is Athanasius Kirchers supreme work of Egyptology. ... Ramon Llull. ... Paracelsus Paracelsus (November 11 or December 17, 1493 - September 24, 1541) was a famous alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. ... Image:Giovanni della Porta. ... Magiae Naturalis (in English, Natural Magic) is a work of popular science by Giambattista della Porta first published in Naples in 1558. ... Dr Martin Ruland elder (died 1602) was a follower of the physician Paracelsus. ... Polygraphia (1518) — the first printed book on cryptography. ... Basil Valentine was a 15th-century alchemist. ... Thomas Vaughan has been the name of several prominent individuals. ... Blaise de Vigenère (April 5, 1523 - 1596) was a French diplomat and cryptographer. ... Gerhard Johann Vossius. ... Johann Weyer, aka Wier, Wierus, Piscinarius, first name also Johannes (born between February 24, 1515 and February 24, 1516 — died February 24, 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. ...

Natural History

  • Georg Agricola, de Re Metallica, Basle 1621
    • de Ortu & Causis Subterraneor, Basle 1558
  • Ulissi Aldrovandi, Museum Metallicum cum fig, Bologna 1648
    • Serpentium and Draconum historia cum fig., Bologna 1640
    • Ornithtologia sive de Avibus Historia, cum fig., Frankfurt 1610
    • Quadrupedum Bisulcorum Historia, cum fig Bologna 1642
    • de Quadrupedib. Digitatis Viviparis & Oviparis 1637
    • de Quadupedib. Animalibus & Piscibus Frankfurt 1610
    • Monstror. Historia, cum fig. Bologna 1642
  • Prospero Alpini, de Medicina Medicae, Patav. 1611
    • de Plantis Egypti, Patav. 1640
    • de Medicina Egypti, 1646
    • de praesagienda Vita & Morte Aegrotantium, Venice 1601
  • J. Bauhin, Historica Plant., 3 Vols. 1650
    • Hist. Fontis & Balnei Bollenis, Montpellier 1598
  • C. Bauhin, Prodomus Theatri Botanici, Frankfurt 1620
    • Pinax Theatri Botanici, Basle 1623
    • de Hermaphroditor. Natura, 1614
  • J.J. Becher, Physica Subterranea, Frankfurt 1669
  • Pierre Belon, Histoire de la Nature des Oiseaux avec leurs Descriptions & naises traits retirez du Naturel, Paris 1555
  • Conrad Gessner, Opera, 4 vols. Zurich 1551
    • de Avibus, cum fig. illuminatus
    • Epistolae Medicinales Zurich 1577
  • John Ray, Catalogus Plantar. Angliae, London 1670
    • Historia Plantarum, London 1670
  • Nicolas Steno, Concerning Solids naturally contained within solids, 1671
    • Elementor Myologiae Specimen, cum fig., Amsterdam 1669
    • Observationes Anatomicae cum fig., Leiden 1662
    • de Cerebri Anatome, Leiden 1671
  • Francis Willughby, Ornithologia, cum fig. London 1676
  • Olaus Wormius, Museum Wormianum, Leyden 1655

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Literature

Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was an English poet and orator. ... The Inns of Court, in London, are where barristers train and practice. ... See John Milton (politician) for the American politician John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ... Title page of the first edition Paradise Lost (1667) is an epic poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton. ... Paradise Regained is a poem, published in 1671, by the 17th century English poet John Milton. ... An Etching of Samson, from an 1882 German Bible Samson Agonistes (Greek: Samson the agonist) is a work of blank verse tragedy by John Milton. ... Abraham Cowley (1618 - July 28, 1667), English poet, was born in the city of London late in 1618. ... There are several articles about different Spencers in the Wikipedia. ... Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ... Statues of Don Quixote (left) and Sancho Panza (right) This page is about the fictional character and novel. ...

Miscellaneous

  • Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine with maps, 1650
  • James Howell, Of the Precedency of Kings, 1664
    • Of the Kingdom of Naples, 1654
    • Of the Signorie of Venice, 1651
    • Of Hungary and Transylvania, 1664
    • Instructions for Foreign Travels, 1642
  • Schindler, Lexicon Hebraic., Chaldic., Syrian., Arabic., 1612
  • Of the cause of purple rain in Brussels, 1648
  • Artificia Hominum, Miranda Naturae, in Sina & Europa, 1655

Thomas Fuller (1608 - August 16, 1661) was an English churchman and historian. ... James Howell (c. ... Oskar Schindler Oskar Schindler (April 28, 1908–October 9, 1974) was a German businessman, who is famous for his efforts to save his Jewish workers from the Holocaust. ...

Source

  • A Facsimile of the 1711 Sales Auction Catalogue of Sir Thomas Browne and his son Edward's Libraries. Introduction, notes and index by J.S.Finch pub. E.J.Brill Leiden 1986

[[Portraits of Sir Thomas Browne]]

The National Portrait Gallery in London has a fine contemporary portrait of Sir Thomas Browne and his wife Lady Dorothy Browne (Nee Mileham). More recent sculptural portraits include Pegram’s statue of Sir Thomas contemplating and urn and situated close to Peter Mancroft Church in the centre of Norwich erected in 1905 and Robert Mileham’s small standing figure in silver and bronze commissioned for the 400th anniversary in 2005.


References

  • Music, mysticism and Magic - A sourcebook ed. Joscelyn Godwin pub. Arkana 1986
  • The Strategy for Truth - Leonard Nathanson Chicago University Press 1967
  • The greatest benefit to Mankind. A medical history from antiquity to the present. Roy Porter Harper and Collins 1999

 

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