THE WORK OF ATHANASIUS KIRCHER

OF FULDA, PRIEST OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS

UNIVERSAL

MUSIC-MAKING

OR THE

GREAT ART

OF THE CONSONANT AND DISSONANT

DIVIDED INTO TEN BOOKS.

Wherein the entire doctrine and philosophy of Sounds, and the science of Music, both theoretical and

practical, is handed down with the greatest variety; the wonderful powers and effects of the Consonant

and Dissonant in the world, and thus in all of Nature, are opened and demonstrated through

the exhibition of various specimens, as new as they are rare, for unique uses, almost

in every faculty, but especially in Philology, Mathematics, Physics,

Mechanics, Medicine, Politics, Metaphysics, and Theology.

Volume I.

table II May 3 The plectrums strive to strike; The cicada A reference to the legend of Eunomus, a musician whose string broke during a contest, only for a cicada to land on his lyre and sing the missing note., for the broken [string] The deed of Eunomus and For the victor, suddenly supplied the string with its voice. From the ancient gem of Ariston Ariston is another name associated with the cicada legend in classical epigrams..

An engraving within a central oval depicts a butterfly or cicada resting upon the crossbar of a classical lyre. This is an emblematic representation of the legend of Eunomus (or Ariston), where a cicada replaced a broken string on his lyre during a competition, allowing him to win.

A circular red ink stamp, likely belonging to a national library, is visible to the right of the emblem.

ROME, From the Printing Office of the Heirs of Francesco Corbelletti. In the Jubilee Year, 1650.

WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SUPERIORS.

Hm de Rieux purchased for 28 [livres/units] original: "Hm de Rieux afferet Emp. 28tt". This is a handwritten provenance note indicating a previous owner or a purchase price. Mathematics Reserve P. 141 A modern library shelfmark or reference number.