Image Not Available
Margarita Philosophica nova
Printer: Johann Grüninger, Strassburg (German, 1455 - 1533)
Author: Gregorius Reisch
Date: 1512
Classification: Books
Object number: 1954.32
Label Text:Sixteen editions of this popular work, a compilation of information on the arts and sciences, were printed during the sixteenth century. It contains ten full-page woodcuts and many diagrams. One of the most interesting illustrations is The Tower of Knowledge, which shows a child entering the tower. The figure unlocking the door with a key marked Grammar, also holds a Horn Book. The heads of noted scholars are shown in the window of each level. Included in this edition are also a folded map of the world, pages of music in horseshoe nail notation, and a diagram of diapason, the entire compass of tones.
Description10 full page woodcuts; one double page plate with music scale diagram.
Not on view
In Collection(s)