Correspondence and Manuscripts of Athanasius Kircher not included in APUG 555-568
A preliminary checklist
Compiled by Michael John Gorman and Nick Wilding, supplemented by Iva Lelkova
Updated: August 4 2010
1. Correspondence and manuscripts of Athanasius Kircher arranged according to location
Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Spizel, Gottlieb, 11 July 1671, Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek.
Call Number: 2o Cod. Aug. 408 fol. 171-172
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Voit von Salzburg, Melchior Otto Prince bishop, 2 May 1646, Bamberg,
Staatsbibliothek.
Call Number: Mss. misc. 70/20d
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Buxtorf, Johann, 6 January 1638, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der
Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153
2. ———. Letter to Buxtorf, Johann, 2 January 1639, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153
3. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 October 1661, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Published in H. A. Langenmantel, Fasciculus, pp. 26-30. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius
Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
4. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 22 July 1662, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Published in H. A. Langenmantel, Fasciculus, pp. 1-3 (Langenmantel gives as the recipient
Lukas Schroek the Elder). Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Darmstaedter Dokumentensammlung
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 22 February 1653, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer
Kulturbesitz, Darmstaedter Dokumentensammlung.
Call Number: F. 2.c 1646 (1)
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154
2. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 30 January 1655, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz,
Darmstaedter Dokumentensammlung.
Call Number: F. 2.c 1646 (1)
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154. Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 19. C.G. von Murr,
ed., Journal, XVII (1789) 315
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Stiftung Preussischer
Kulturbesitz.
Call Number: Depot Breslau 17
Notes: From Kristeller, Iter italicum
2. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Stiftung Preussischer
Kulturbesitz.
Call Number: Autographensammlung Darmstaedter, exact shelf mark to be checked
Notes: From Kristeller, Iter italicum
Carpentras, Bibliothèque de Carpentras
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferrand, Jean, 4 June 1633, Carpentras, Bibliothèque de Carpentras.
Call Number: Mss. de Peiresc, II. f. 402
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione delle Stiviere
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 6 July 1659, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 2, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
2. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 26 July 1659, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione delle
Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 3, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
3. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 19 November 1659, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 4, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, signature autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et
Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list
of Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
4. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 28 October 1660, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 5, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
5. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 30 October 1660, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 6, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
6. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 2 May 1661, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione delle
Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 7, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
7. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 12 September 1664, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 8, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
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Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
8. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 14 March 1665, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 9, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
9. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 16 January 1666, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 10, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
10. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 28 January 1668, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 11, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, signature autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et
Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list
of Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
11. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 18 January 1670, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 12, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti
supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of Kircher's printed works.
Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
12. Kircher, Athanasius, and Uldarico Gheringo. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 6 December
1659, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 13, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, signature autograph Much illegible on photocopy due to ink bleed-through. Cartella
labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di
Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of Kircher's printed works. Information and
photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "De Artis Magneticae.", Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliothek.
Call Number: Thott 217
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter Italicum
Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet, Tyske Kancellis Udenrigs-Afdeling, almindelig del, 3: Diverse sager
vedrørende hele tiden til 1770, nr. 56-59. Breve fra udenlandske universitetre og "Laerde maend" ca.
1530-1690
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Danish king Frederik III, 14 January 1654, Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet,
Call Number: Tyske Kancelli, Udenrigske Afdeling, Breve fra udenlandske universiteter og lærde mænd
1530-1770, parcel 3-057, F-L [i.e. German Chancery, Foreign Department, Letters from foreign
universities and learned men 1530-1770, parcel 3-057, letters from persons alphabetized from F to L].
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter Italicum. Many of the letters published in Andreas Schumacher, Gelehrter
Maenner Briefe an die Koenige von Daenemark, vom Jahre 1522 bis 1663, 3 parts, Copenhagen and
Leipzig, 1758-59.
2. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Danish king Frederik III, 18 March 1655, Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet
Call Number: Tyske Kancelli, Udenrigske Afdeling, Breve fra udenlandske universiteter og lærde mænd 15301770, parcel 3-057, F-L [i.e. German Chancery, Foreign Department, Letters from foreign universities and
learned men 1530-1770, parcel 3-057, letters from persons alphabetized from F to L].
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3. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Danish king Christian V, 6 June 1675, Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet
Call Number: Tyske Kancelli, Udenrigske Afdeling, Breve fra udenlandske universiteter og lærde mænd 15301770, parcel 3-057, F-L [i.e. German Chancery, Foreign Department, Letters from foreign universities and
learned men 1530-1770, parcel 3-057, letters from persons alphabetized from F to L].
Dijon, Bibliothèque Municipale
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Angles, Bernard d', 2 March 1654, Dijon, Bibliothèque Municipale.
Call Number: Bibliothèque Municipale ms. 844
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
2. ———. Letter to La Mare, Philibert de, 2 March 1654, Dijon, Bibliothèque Municipale.
Call Number: Ms. 844
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154
Dresden, Staatsarchiv, Geheimarchiv, Handschriften
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Prince elector Johann Georg I. Von Sachsen, 19 December 1653
Call Number: 10024 Geheimer Rat (Geheimes Archiv), Loc. 7208/45, 1571ff: page 191
2. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Prince elector Johann Georg II. Von Sachsen, 15 June1663
Call Number: 10024 Geheimer Rat (Geheimes Archiv), Loc. 9992/01, 1521ff: page 316
3.Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Johann Georg II. von Sachsen, 1665? Date to be checked, Dresden,
Staatsarchiv, Geheimarchiv, Handschriften.
Call Number: 10024 Geheimer Rat (Geheimes Archiv), Loc. 08562/01
4. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Johann Georg III. Von Sachsen, date unknown
Call Number: 10024 Geheimer Rat (Geheimes Archiv) Loc. 08571/05,
Edinburgh, University Library
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to unknown, 17 September 1673, (1678 letter to corrector of his works in
Jansson press? Fletcher, A.K. and the Distribudion of His Books, s. 117), Edinburgh, University
Library.
Call Number: La II 653/42
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Florence, Archivio di Stato
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 12 June 1658, Florence,
Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med 1026, f.4
Notes: autograph, Italian
Kircher sent Ferdinando II the Itinerarium Exstaticum (1656) on 15th June, 1656, with the
accompanying letter BNCF Ms. Gal. 275, f.43 (a copy is at APUG 561, 58r), printed in Mirto, pp.
153-4.
2. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 8 November 1659, Florence, Archivio
di Stato.
Call Number: Mediceo del Principato, 1026, f.149
Notes: autograph, Italian
3. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 15 November 1659, Florence, Archivio
di Stato.
Call Number: ASF, Mediceo del Principato, 1026, f.150
Notes: 15th November, 1659, Rome autograph signature
la Cassetta del Artifizio delle lingue
letter referred to in the postscript to APUG 556, 63r-64v (18th November, 1659), from Ferdinando
II to Kircher.
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4. ———. Letter to Medici, Giovanni Carlo de', 16 April 1661, Florence, Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 5338, f.1
5. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 21 June 1663, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF, Mediceo del Principato, 1206, f.515
Notes: autograph signature
misplaced in volume as 21st June, 1664.
Polygraphia
Reply from Ferdinando II is at APUG 555, 69r-70v.
see also BNCF Ms. Gal. 276, f.201, sent to Leopoldo de' Medici the same day.
6. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 7 July 1666, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 1026, f.677
Notes: not autograph
Mirto, p157, & n.1, reproduces APUG 555, 125 (renumbered as 115r) which offers the Obelisci
aegyptiaci, 1666 to the 'Gran Principe', i.e. Ferdinando II. This is the draft of the current letter,
although the wording differs slightly, the sent version being fuller.
Another letter sends the same book to the 'Seren.mo Principe' (i.e. Leopoldo?) - BNCF Aut.
Palat., IV, 49 (3rd July, 1666), reproduced in Mirto, pp164-5.
7. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 10 February 1672, Florence, Archivio
di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 3940, f.4
Notes: is this the right recipient? When does Ferdinando II die??
8. ———. Letter to Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 29 November 1675, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med. 1114, f.8
9. ———. Letter to Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 20 December 1675, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med 3942 f.1
10. ———. Letter to Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 30 October 1678, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 1115, f.6
11. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Florence, Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: Archivio Mediceo del Principato
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter, V, p. 546a.
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurentiana
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Redi, Francesco, 27 October 1668, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea
Laurentiana.
Call Number: Laur. Redi 224 f. 215
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
2. ———. Letter to Redi, Francesco, 12 December 1671?, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurentiana.
Call Number: Laur. Redi 224 f. 216
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155. Check date
3. ———. Letter to Redi, Francesco, 29 June 1675?, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurentiana.
Call Number: Laur. Redi 203 f. 289
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155. Check date
Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to unknown (Leopoldo de' Medici), March 1641-31 October 1641, Florence,
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Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF, Aut. Pal. IV, 41-53
Notes: Sixteen letters. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156.
2. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 29 January 1650, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF: Ms. Gal. 275 f.23
Notes: Consulted 2/5/1995. Check also Mirto, Alfonso. Le lettere di Athanasius Kircher della
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze. Atti Mem. Accad. Toscana Sci. Lett. Colombaria. 1989;
Vol. 54(n. s. 40): pp. 129-165 for this and other letters in Florence
3. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 31 May 1655, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Aut. Pal. II. 70
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154. Copy in Aut. Pal. IV. 40
4. ———. Letter to Grand Duke of Tuscany, 15 June 1656, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF: Ms. Gal. 275 f.43r
Notes: Consulted 2/5/1995. Check also Mirto, Alfonso. Le lettere di Athanasius Kircher della
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze. Atti Mem. Accad. Toscana Sci. Lett. Colombaria. 1989;
Vol. 54(n. s. 40): pp. 129-165 for this and other letters in Florence
5. ———. Letter to Viviani, Vincenzo, 16 April 1661, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 161, f.312
6. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 21 June 1663, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 276, f.201
Notes: Printed in Mirto, pp.142-3
7. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 3 December 1667, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 278 ff.103r-v
Notes: Consulted 4/5/1995. See transcription in Kircher file. There is a copy (sketch) of this letter
in APUG 564 f. 138r
8. ———. Letter to Landucci, Ambrosio Bishop, undated (c, 1663), Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Aut. Pal. IV 49-51
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154
9. Viviani, Vincenzo. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 157, f.118
Notes: Italian
10. –
Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de´, 26 October 1675 Romae
Call Number: Aut. Pal. IV
Notes: John Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher and the Distribution of His Books, s. 116.
Forlì, Biblioteca Comunale
1. Kircher, Athanasius to unknown, 19 June 1644, Forlì, Biblioteca Comunale.
Call Number: BcFo, Racolte Piancastelli, Sez. Aut. Secc. CII-XVIII, Busta 29, ad vocem Kircher Athanasio
2.
Kircher, Athanasius to unknown, no date, Forli, Biblioteca Comunale.
Call Number: BcFo, Racolte Piancastelli, Sez. Aut. Secc. CII-XVIII, Busta 29, ad vocem Kircher Athanasio
Fulda, Hessische Landesbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Wiegand, Melchior, 7 December 1664, Fulda, Hessische Landesbibliothek.
Call Number: Ser. B. VIII.8
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Geisa (Rhön), Pfarrarchiv
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1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Witzel, Konrad, January 1664-31 January 1664, Geisa (Rhön), Pfarrarchiv.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
2. ———. Letter to Witzel, Konrad, 7 May 1665, Geisa (Rhön), Pfarrarchiv.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 23 June 1670, Göttingen, Niedersächsische
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Cod. Philos. 138 m. VI.56
Notes: Published in Leibniz, Philosophischer Briefwechsel herausgeben von der Akademie der
Wissenschaften der DDR, Erster Band, 1663-1685. Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1987. pp. 48-49
2. ———. Letter to unknown, 15 June 1675, Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Cod. Philos. 138 m. II 31
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156.
Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Supellex Epistolica
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to unknown, 30 May 1672, Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek - Carl
von Ossietzky.
Call Number: Sup. ep. 4, 47
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156.
2.
Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Johannes Monrath , 12. Februarx1675, Hamburg, Staats- und
Universitätsbibliothek - Carl von Ossietzky.
Call Number: Sup. ep. 26, 234
Notes: Nilüfer Krüger (Hg.): Supellex epistolica
Uffenbachii et Wolfiorum. Katalog der Uffenbach-Wolfschen Briefsammlung. Erster Teilband.
Katalog der Schreiber AA bis J. G. Musculus. (Katalog der Handschriften der Staats- und
Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, Bd. VIII, Erster Teilband). Hamburg 1978, here page 484.
3.
Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kaspar Schott, 9.April 1660 , Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky.
Call Number: Sup. ep. 13,233
Notes: Nilüfer Krüger (Hg.): Supellex epistolica
Uffenbachii et Wolfiorum. Katalog der Uffenbach-Wolfschen Briefsammlung. Erster Teilband.
Katalog der Schreiber AA bis J. G. Musculus. (Katalog der Handschriften der Staats- und
Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, Bd. VIII, Erster Teilband). Hamburg 1978, here page 484.
Hannover, Schloss Harburg
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Magnes.", Hannover, Schloss Harburg.
Call Number: II 3, 4o 64
Notes: This collection may now be in Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek.3 letters. From Kristeller,
Iter italicum
Harvard University, Houghton Library
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Mersenne, Rome 23 December 1639,
Call Number: Fms. Lat. 306. 1 (3)
Notes: Findlen 2004, p. 258.
Innsbruck, Universitätsbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Vita a Semet Ipso Conscripta.", Innsbruck, Universitätsbibliothek.
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Call Number: ms. 684
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter Italicum
Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Institutiones Mathematicae. De Arithmetica, Computu Ecclesiast:, Geometria,
Alijsque Scientijs Mathematicis. Auctore R.P. Athanasio Kircher Societatis IESU. Sacerdote, In
Alma Universitate Herbipolensi Professore Matheseos, Ethicae, Ac Sacrae Lingua, Ordinario.
Anno Domini 1630."1630. Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek.
Call Number: Badische Landesbibliothek, St. Blasien 67
Notes: Discussed with illustrations in Dieterle, Reinhard; Fletcher, John; Reiss, Wolfgang Römer ,
Christel; Römer, Gerhard; Scharlau, Ulf. Universale Bildung im Barock: Der Gelehrte Athanasius
Kircher. Ein Ausstellung der Stadt Rastatt in Zusammenarbeit mit der Badischen Landesbibliothek
Karlsruhe. Rastatt: Stad Rastatt; 1981 pp. 70-5
Leeuwarden, Rijksarchief in Friesland
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Vegelin van Claerbergen, Ernst Philip, September 1671, Leeuwarden,
Rijksarchief in Friesland.
Call Number: Archives of "Familie Vegelin van Claerbergen" no. 67
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Leipzig, Karl-Marx-Universitätsbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Monrad, Johan, 12 February 1675, Leipzig, Karl-Marx-Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Rep. IV. 47
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154. Copy in Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg
Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Sammlungen des Regierenden Fürstem von Liechtenstein
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Mathematica Curiosa."1645. Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Sammlungen des Regierenden
Fürstem von Liechtenstein.
Call Number: 2-4-17 (originally 41-4-5)
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter Italicum.
London, British Library
1. Kinner, Cyprian. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 20 May 1648, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Sloane ms. 649 ff. 17r-18r
Notes: Transcribed by Nick Wilding. Other letters from Kinner to Hartlib and others in same vol.
Answer to Kircher - Kinner 7 Nov. 1648 (check dates) publ. in Dülmen. There is another copy of
this letter in the Hartlib papers, 1/33/36A
2. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Doni, Giovanni Battista, 19 October 1647, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Egerton ms. 22, fol. 40
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153. A copy in Biblioteca
Marucelliana, Florence, Cat. A, 289-290, c. 352
3. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 20 January 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 2r
Notes: Italian. BL Add 22,804: numbered by letter rather than folio. Title: Lettere XVII Italiane
scritte ad Alessandro Segni ed una di Elio Loreti al sudetto. 4to. 1677 & 1678 on paper.
4. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 30 January 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 3r
Notes: Italian
5. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 6 February 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 4r
Notes: Italian
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6. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 13 February 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 5r
Notes: Italian
7. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 28 February 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 6r
Notes: Italian
8. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 27 March 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 7r
Notes: Italian
9. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 1 May 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 9r
Notes: Italian
10. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 20 June 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 10r
Notes: Italian
11. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 25 June 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 11r
Notes: Italian
12. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 17 July 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 12r
Notes: Italian
13. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 21 August 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 13r
Notes: Italian
14. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 14 September 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 14r
Notes: Italian, poor hand.
15. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 27 March 1678, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 16r
Notes: Italian
16. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, undated, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 17r
Notes: Italian
17. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, undated (late December 1677?), London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 15r
Notes: Italian, poor hand.
18. Kircher, Athanasius, and Elio Loreto. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 17 April 1678, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 18r
Notes: Italian
Lucca, Archivio di Stato
1. – Letter to G.B. Orsucci, 14 May 1666,
Call Number: ASLu: n. 47, let. n. 164, c.417.
2. - See Kirchers letter “dopo poco piu di un messe”
Call Number: ASLu., G.B. Orsucci, n. 47, let. n. 169, c. 432
Notes: Busti in Lo Sardo 2001, p. 350
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3. - ASLu:G.B. Orsucci, n.47, lt. n. 280, c. 742
Notes: Findlen 2004, p. 98.
4. - Letter to G.B. Orsucci, 15 December 1668,
Call Number: ASLu n. 47, let. n. 269, c. 683.
Notes: Busti in Lo Sardo 2001, p. 350.
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Montecassino, Biblioteca della Badia
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Arithmologia, Sive De Numeris.", Montecassino, Biblioteca della Badia.
Call Number: cod. 855
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum
Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine
1. Dal Pozzo, Cassiano. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 28 November 1647, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H270 f. 295rv
Notes: Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991, p.
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2. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 15 August 1637, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H268 f. 9rv
Notes: Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991, p.
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3. ———. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 18 September 1647, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H270 fol. 291
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153. Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il
Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991, p. 8
4. ———. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 27 November 1647, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H270 ff. 292r-293v
Notes: Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991, p.
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Munich, Bayerische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gronovius, Johann Friedrich, 2 November 1652, Munich, Bayerische Staatsund Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Ms. 617, fol. 100r-100v
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
2. ———. Letter to Almichoven, Theodor, 2 September 1678, Munich, Bayerische Staats- und
Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Collectio Camerariana Cod. lat. 10383/134
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen, p. 152
3. ———. "Vita a Semet Ipso Conscripta.", Munich, Bayerische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Cod. Lat. 8295 folio numbers to be checked
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, AK und ..., who states that this is a seventeenth century copy
Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Andreae Cirkner (i.e. Athanasii Kircher) Vetus Aegyptiorum Theologia Ex Obeliscis,
Pyramidibus Saxis Et Columnis Aegyptiorum.", Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale.
Call Number: V G 49
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum
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1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to unknown, 31 December 1678, Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum.
Call Number: Kircher, A. 1678
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
1. Charpentier, François. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 October 1648, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 6262, f.30rv
2. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferrand, Jean, 4 June 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9362 f.16rv
Notes: Note: Copy, Latin. See Fletcher 'Kircher & Peiresc'
3. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 10 July 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637 ff. 73r-74v.
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, pp. 413-4
4. ———. Letter to Pereisc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 9 August 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f. 227r-228v (6. September 1633? Findlen 2004, p. 146)
Notes: Consulted BN 22/6/1995 (microfilm)
5. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 14 November 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 ff. 230r-232v
Notes: Autograph, Latin, damaged, sometimes illegible.
6. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 23 September 1634, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637 ff. 57r - 58v
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, pp. 426-7.
7. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 8 February 1635, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9362 ff. 13-16
Notes: Copy of BN NAF 5173 ff. 25r-27v
8. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 8 February 1635, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 5173 ff. 25r-27v.
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Copy at BN FF 9362, ff.13r-16r
9. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 3 December 1636, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f. 236r-238v
Notes: Autograph, Latin & Arabic.
10. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 22 December 1636, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f.239rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph
11. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 7 January 1637, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f.240rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph
12. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 2 July 1639, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637, ff. 109r-110v
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, pp. 436-7.
13. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 13 February 1642, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637 ff. 36r-37v
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Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, p. 446
14. ———. Letter to Mersenne, Marin, 10 March 1648, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 6204, f. 105
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154
15. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 20 June 1649, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1635 f.109
Notes: Autograph, Latin
16. ———. Letter to Billy, Jacques de, 21 February 1660, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN Lat. 8600, f.29r 30v.
Notes: Autograph, Latin.
17. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 8 May 1665, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1640 f. 59rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph . Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154
18. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 20952 f. 167
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum
19. ———. Letter to unknown, undated, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1520, f.47r.
Notes: Autograph, Latin, damaged.
20. ———. "Prodromus Copto-Aegyptiacus.", Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN Dupuy 663, f.95r-106r
21. ———. "Scripturae in Monte Sinai Incisae Interpretatio Nova.", Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN Dupuy 488, (448? Stolzenberg s. 365) ff. 161r-163v
Notes: Autograph. Cited in Kristeller, Iter Italicum. Followed by a letter from Peiresc.
22. ———. "Vita a Semet Ipso Conscripta.", Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 216
Notes: According to Fletcher this is a seventeenth century copy.
23. ———. "Vita a Semet Ipso Conscripta.", Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FL 24776
Notes: According to Fletcher this is an eigthteenth century copy.
24. Kircher, Athanasius, and Christoph Scheiner. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 1 December
1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f.234r-v
Notes: Consulted 23/6/1995. Microfilm (illegible): 5016
25. Scheiner, Christoph. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 16 July 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 car. 227t
Notes: See excerpt in Galileo "Opere" XV p.184
Paris, Observatoire
1. Coninck, Juan Ramón de. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 20 July 1653, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.3, f.431r
Notes: Copy, excerpt. Original letter in APUG 567 135r-136v.
2. Hevelius, Johan. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 12 March 1650, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs, C.1.2, f.161rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph. Copy of APUG 557 342r343v?
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3. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 7 October 1652, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.2, f.318r319r.
Notes: Latin, Autograph. Copy of Apug 568, 120r.121v?
4. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, April 1654, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.3, f.422r-423r.
Notes: no corresponding copy in APUG.
5. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 17 February 1652, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.2, f.316rv
Notes: Autograph, waterdamaged.
Parma, Biblioteca Palatini
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Rituale Ecclesiae Aegyptiacae Sive Cophitarum.", Parma, Biblioteca Palatini.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Latin. Cited in Fletcher, AK und..., p. 181.
Prague, National Library at the Clementinum
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 12 March 1639, Prague, National Library at the
Clementinum.
Call Number: VI B 12b f. 73rv
Notes: Consulted 10 August 2000
2. ———. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 1 February 1642, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.
Call Number: VI B 12b f. 144rv
Notes: Consulted 10 August 2000
3. ———. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 19 February 1642, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.
Call Number: VI B 12b f. 219rv
Notes: Consulted 10 August 2000
Prague, Strahov monastery
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Jesuit, unidentified, 3 December 1672, Prague, Strahov monastery.
Call Number: Miscellaneorum Iesuiticorum liber, DH I 22/dd, p. 323-324
Notes: Latin-Italian
2. ——— Miscellanea astrologica et medicinalia, this part of manuscript is called Notata from year 1688. On
f. 40v is note "ut misit Romam P[atri] [Athanasio] Kirchero S. J." , which doesn´t mean that it is
direct correspondence, Author is unknown, Prague, Strahov monastery.
Call Number: Miscellanea astrologica et medicinalia, signatura DF IV 36/c, na ff. 28r-47v
Notes:
Prague, Universitní Knihovna, Prague. :
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Vita a Semet Ipso Conscripta.", Prague, Universitní Knihovna, Prague. .
Call Number: UK MS. XIV C 12
Notes: Cit.: Evans 79 p.435 n.42. A seventeenth century copy, according to Fletcher, p. 181.
Rome, Archivum Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Lexicon Copticum Latinum Arabicum.", Rome, Archivum Pontificiae Universitatis
Gregorianae.
Call Number: APUG 765
Notes: Autograph (?). Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum.
2. ———. "Obelisci Aegyptiaci Sive Solaris Barachiae Abennephi Interpretatio Arabica.", Rome, Archivum
Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae.
Call Number: APUG 830 (folio numers to be checked)
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Notes: Cited in Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 180.
3. ———. "Obelisci Heliaci in Hortis Magni Ducis Hetruriae Siti Interpretatio.", Rome, Archivum Pontificiae
Universitatis Gregorianae.
Call Number: APUG 830 (folio numers to be checked)
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 180.
4. ———. "Obelisci Heliaci Seu Osir: Iuxta Credem S. Machuti Interpretatio."1633. Rome, Archivum
Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae.
Call Number: APUG 830 (folio numers to be checked)
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 180, who states that it was composed in Rome in 1633.
5. ———. "Protheoriae Seu Apparatus Ad Hieroglyphiarum Explicationem.", Rome, Archivum Pontificiae
Universitatis Gregorianae.
Call Number: APUG 812
Notes: Autograph (?). Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum.
6. Kircher, Athanasius S. J. "Commentariolus De Vita Et Rebus Gestis P. Athanasii Kircheri e S.J., Ab
Ipsomet Compositus….", Rome, Archivum Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae.
Call Number: APUG 830
Notes: Consulted 3/10/1994. See also Kircher "Vita" in primary bibliog. According to Fletcher this
is "a seventeenth century copy amended in Kircher's hand".
7. Censures written by Kircher,
Call Number: APUG 558, fols. 80r-81v, APUG 561, flos. 103r-v, 101r-v, APUG 563 fols. 102r-v.
Notes: Findlen 2004, p. 97.
Rome, Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Oliva, Giovanni Paolo, 5 May 1672, Rome, Archivum Romanum Societatis
Iesu.
Call Number: ARSI Rom. 38 ff. 172-189? [Wrong]
Notes: Published in R. Garrucci "Origini"
2. ———. "Approbatio Et Censura Chronologiae Sinico-Europaeae a Philippo Couplet Composita."1672.
Rome, Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu.
Call Number: ARSI: Jap. Sin. IV, 6, ff.92-96v
Notes: Cit. in Lamalle schedario
3. “Indiam petens” (12.1.1629 Plea for mission)
Call Number: Rhen. Sup. 42, F. 20r-21v.
Notes: Siebert 2006, s. 60.
4. The copy of censorship of the third tome of Oedipus Aegyptiacus with Kirchers annotations
Call Number: ARSI FG 668, fols. 401r-v
Notes: Findlen 2004, p. 97
5. Kircher´s anonymous censure of Riccioli,
Call Number: ARSI FG 662, fol. 477r.
Notes: Published in Gambaro 1989, s. 40 – Findlen 2004, p. 258.
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
1. Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 14 February 1648, Rome, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi a. I 45, ff. 164r-165v
Notes: Cit. in Cygan "Valerianus Magni Vita Prima.." p.266. Worth consulting
2. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 29 May 1648, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi a. I. 45, f. 187v
Notes: Draft. Consulted 16/5/1995
3. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 24 February 1651, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi A. I. 8, f. 163r
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Notes: Minutes. Original in APUG 556 ff. 43r-44v
4. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1 April 1651, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi A. I. 8, f. 172rv
Notes: Minutes. Original in APUG 556 ff. 37r-38v
5. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 24 June 1651, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi A. I. 8, f. 193rv
Notes: Minutes. Original in APUG 556 f. 47rv
6. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 6 March 1642, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 416r-417v
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
7. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 18 January 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 370r-371v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
8. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 17 March 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 390r-391v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
9. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 4 May 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 457r-458v
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
10. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 9 June 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 465rv
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
11. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 24 August 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 480r-481v
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
12. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 11 October 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 514rv
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
13. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 22 February 1648, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 573r
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
14. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 6 March 1653, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6467 f. 37r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Consulted.
15. ———. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas, 24 November 1654, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6499, f. 119r
Notes: consulted. Autograph
16. ———. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas, 15 October 1655, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6499, f. 120r
Notes: cited in Findlen, "Scientific spectacle ..."
17. ———. Letter to Albano, Monsignore, 9 February 1660, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 93r-94r
Notes: Copy, Italian, Latin, Greek. Consulted 22.6.1999
18. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 26 November 1661, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 187rv
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19. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 24 February 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 185r-186v
Notes: Cit. Findlen, Scientific spectacle ...Italian, Autograph. Consulted 22.6.1999
20. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 12 April 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 182r-183v
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Cit. Findlen, Scientific spectacle .... Consulted 22.6.1999
21. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 14 July 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi F IV 48 ff. 1r-11v
Notes: Latin, Greek, Arabic. Scribal hand. Introduction to "De Compositione Astrolabii
(Herimanni)". Copy in BAV Chigi I. VI. 225, ff. 48r-58v
22. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 14 July 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I. VI. 225, ff. 48r-58v
Notes: Latin, Greek, Arabic. Scribal hand. Introduction to "De Compositione Astrolabii
(Herimanni)". Copy of BAV Chigi F IV 48 ff. 1r-11v
23. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, 29 August 1663, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I. VI. 225 ff. 1r-9v
Notes: Latin, Autograph signature. Consulted 24.6.1999. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher
und seine Beziehungen, p. 152
24. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 27 July 1664, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 184r
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Consulted 22.6.1999
25. ———. Letter to Favoriti, Agostino, 22 June 1665, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. lat. 8202, f. 48r
Notes: Italian, autograph signature. Consulted 24 June 1999. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius
Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153.
26. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, 28 January 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi, C.V. 134, inside front cover.
Notes: Cited in Bartòla, Alberto. Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher S.I. Ricerche e appunti
sulla loro corrispondenza erudita e sulla storia di alcuni codici chigiani. Miscellanea Bibliothecae
Apostolicae Vaticanae. 1989; III: 7-105. Consulted. Autograph minutes in APUG 563, f. 303.
27. ———. Letter to unknown, 9 May 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 83r
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Consulted 22.6.1999
28. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, 27 October 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I.VI.225 ff. 66r-67v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen, p. 152
29. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 21 November 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6467 f. 38r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian.
30. ———. Letter to Chigi, Flavio, 13 December 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi R. V. g f.460r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156. Findlen suggests Flavio Chigi as
recipient.
31. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 14 December 1667, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6467 f. 39r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Consulted
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32. ———. Letter to Suáres, Joseph Marie, 6 December 1673, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 87r
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Consulted 22.6.1999
33. ———. Letter to Nicaise, Claude, 14 March 1676, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 188rv
Notes: Latin, autograph. Ref. from Paolo Vian, ed., La "Raccolta Prima" degli Autografi Ferrajoli,
Introduzione, inventario e indice, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1990.
Consulted 22.6.1999
34. ———. Letter to Suáres, Joseph Marie, undated, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 88r-92r.
Notes: Last lines and signature of letter autograph. Latin, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew. Consulted
22.6.1999
35. ———. "De Origine Eorum Numerorum, Quos Zyphras Vulgo Vocant, Quibus Hoc Tempore in Computu
Rerum Omnes Uti Solent.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I.VI.225 ff. 78r-80v
Notes: Latin. Edge of pages is damaged.
36. ———. "De Sepulchro Veterum Furiorum in Monte Tusculano Non Ita Pridem Detecto. Diatribe Ad
ALEXANDRUM VII. P.M.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I.VI.225 ff. 68r-77v
Notes: Latin. Cf. Kircher to Alexander VII, Tusculi, 27 October 1666.
37. ———. "Diatribe Arithmetica De Priscis Numerorum Notis Earumque Origine Et Fabrica.", Rome,
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi F.IV.64
Notes: 41ff.
38. ———. "Explicatio Horoscopij Vaticani.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi H.II.22 ff. 251r-252r
Notes: See A. Bartòla, Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher.
39. ———. "Expositio Numi Aenei Aegyptiaci.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 86rv
Notes: Autograph, Latin and Greek. Consulted 22.6.1999
40. ———. "Galfridus De Vino Salvo Poetria Nova Illustrata e Corretta Dal Padre Atanasio Chircher.", Rome,
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I.VI.229 ff. 51-84
Notes: Italian, cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 180.
41. ———. "Horologium Achax Sive Antiquum, Aut Planetarium. Quo Veteres Hebraei, Nec Non Romani Una
Cum Astrologis, Et Ecclesiae in Officio Canonico Ad Primam Tertiam Nonam Recitando Utebantur
in Hunc Usque Diem in Quo Singuli Totius Anni Dies, Noctesque in 12 Horas Distribuntur.",
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi H.II.22 ff. 249v-250v
Notes: See A. Bartòla, Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher.
42. ———. "In Horoscopium Alexandrinum Quod ALEXANDRI VII PONT.MAX. Cura Et Studio in Campo
Vaticano, Indice Obelisco, Constructum Est EPIGRAMMA.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi H.II.22 f. 253rv
Notes: The volume contains details of expenses, plans, architects and sculptors involved in the
building of St. Peter's. See A. Bartòla, Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher.
43. ———. "Iudicium De Antiquo MMScto De Sphaera.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi E. IV. 130 ff. 1r-8v
Notes: For Alexander VII. Cited in Fletcher, AK und .. , p. 180. A copy is at Chigi J. VI. 225 42r47v
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44. ———. "Iudicium De Antiquo MMScto De Sphaera Ad Alex. VII Pont. Opt. Max."undated. Rome,
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I. VI. 225 42r- 47v
Notes: For Alexander VII. Cited in Fletcher, AK und .. , p. 180. A copy of BAV Chigi E. IV. 130
45. ———. "Iudicium De Authore Eiusque Libello, Qui Inscribitur, De Poetica Arte ... Ad Beat.m Patrem
Alexand VII Pont. O.M.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I.VI.229 ff. 85r-88v
Notes: Latin
46. ———. "Iudicium De Praesenti Codice Ms.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi C.IV. 96, ff. 4-6
Notes: Cited in Bartòla, Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher, p. 47.
47. ———. "Novum Hoc Inventum Quo Omnia Mundi Idiomata Ad Unum ReDucuntur.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I. VI. 225 ff.11r-37v
Notes: See transcription in Kircher file
48. ———. "Patris Kirkeri Allegatio De Alessia Civitate.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 2617 ff. 40r-41v
Notes: copy, not in Kircher's hand. See also Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Carte Allacci, XCVII (papers
and transl. of Lucas Holstenius) no. 19, "Athanasius Kircher, allegatio de Allesia civitate"
49. ———. "Scarabaeus Hieroglyphicus Expositus a P. Ath. Kircher.", Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I.VI.225 ff. 99r-107v
Notes: Latin. Cited in A. Bartòla, Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher S.J., on p. 30.
50. ———. "Scripturae Mirabilis Et Toto Oriente Celebratissimae in Monte Sinai Rupi Cuidam Inciae ...
Interpretatio ... Ad Eminentissimum Principem S.R.E. Franciscum Cardinalem Barberinum."1636.
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 10486 ff. 67r-68v
Notes: Autograph. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 181
51. ———. "Supplementum Numismatis Cabalistici Et Est De Artificiosa Numerorum Intra Quadratum
Dispositione Instituenda Ad Unam in Singulis Seriebus Summam Obtinendam.", Rome, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi I. VI. 225 ff.38r-41v
Notes: Latin
52. Kircher, Athanasius, and unidentified hand. Letter to Suáres, Joseph Marie, 1672, Rome, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 84r-85v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Consulted 22.6.1999
53. Kirchers marginalia preceding fol. 319r. in Cordovero´s “Pardes rimmonim”,
Call Number: BAV MS. Neofiti 28
Notes: Findlen 2004, p. 166
Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Severino, Marco Aurelio, 17 November 1649, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 13 (LXXIV-1-13), f. 339
Notes: Autograph, Latin and Greek. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria
Lancisi. La Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 151
2. ———. Letter to Severino, Marco Aurelio, 24 November 1652, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 11 (LXXIV-1-11) f. 47r
Notes: Autograph, Italian. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi. La
Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 151. Consulted 28 June 1999.
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3. ———. Letter to Severino, Marco Aurelio, 6 June 1654, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 11 (LXXIV-1-11) f. 48r
Notes: Autograph, Italian. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi. La
Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 151. Consulted 28 June 1999.
4. Severino, Marco Aurelio. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1 October 1649, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 66 (LXXIV-3-12) f. 240rv
Notes: Minutes. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi. La Biblioteca
Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 153 and V. Ducceschi, "L'Epistolario di
Marco Aurelio Severino (1580-1656)", Rivista di storia delle scienze mediche e naturali III, 14,
1923, pp. 213-223.
5. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 12 December 1652, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 66 (LXXIV-3-12) f. 241r-242r
Notes: Minutes. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi. La Biblioteca
Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 153 and V. Ducceschi, "L'Epistolario di
Marco Aurelio Severino (1580-1656)", Rivista di storia delle scienze mediche e naturali III, 14,
1923, pp. 213-223.
Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele II"
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Mathematica Curiosa, in Quatuor Partes Divisa. In Arithmeticam, in Geometricam, in
Musicam Et Astronomiam.", Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele II".
Call Number: BNR Fondi minori, S. Francesco di Paola 4(184)
Notes: 187 pp. Cited in Fletcher, AK und ..., and Kristeller, Iter italicum.
2. ———. "Mundi Subterranei Liber XII.", Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele II".
Call Number: Fondo Gesuitico 546 (2675)
Notes: Autograph. Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum
3. ———. "Mundus Subterraneus.", Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele II".
Call Number: Fondo Gesuitico 562 (2691)
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum. May be a late copy
4. [Kircher, Athanasius. "Nova Et Universalis Methodus Kircheriana Totius Geometriae Practicae
Combinatae.", Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele II".
Call Number: Fondo Gesuitico 561 (2690)
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum.
5. Kircher, Athanasius. "Oedipus Aegyptiacus.", Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele
II".
Call Number: Fondo Gesuitico 1235 (3364)
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum.
6. ———. "Rituale Ecclesiae Aegyptiacae Quo Caeremoniae Ordinationis Ad Sacerdotium Et Benedictionis
Sacrarum Rerum Exhibentur Partim Ex Lingua Aegyptiaca Partim Ex Arabica in Linguam Latinam
Translatum.", Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma "Vittorio Emmanuele II".
Call Number: BNR S. Andrea della Valle 30 (1661)
Notes: Latin, 35 pp. Cited in Fletcher, AK und..., p. 181. Also cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum, who
locates the ms. in the Fondo Gesuitico 30 (1661)
Rome, Biblioteca Vallicelliana
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Allacci, Leone, 27 November 1654, Rome, Biblioteca Vallicelliana.
Call Number: Carte Allacci CXLVII ff. 303r-304v
Notes: From Kristeller, Iter italicum, VI, p. 189a. Consulted 24.6.1999
Sheffield, Hartlib Papers
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kinner, Cyprian, 20 February 1648, Sheffield, Hartlib Papers.
Call Number: Hartlib Papers 1/33/31B
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Notes: From Hartlib Papers CD ROM
Siena, Biblioteca Comunale
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Raffaello Maffei, Volterra, 28 April1662, Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli
Intronati.
Call Number: BCI, (K XI 53) Autografi Porri, busta 5, no. 86
St. Petersburg, Publicnaja biblioteka im. M. E. Saltykova-Scedrina
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Misc. Athanasius Kircher, Planispherium, Obelisci Pamphili Interpretatio.", St.
Petersburg, Publicnaja biblioteka im. M. E. Saltykova-Scedrina.
Call Number: XVII. Polygraphia: Lat. Q XVII 13
Stockholm, Statens Arkiv
1. Kircher, Athanasius, Letter to Prince Carl Gustav of Sweden, 28 February 1650
Call Number: Stegeborgssamlingen, box E 146
Notes: This letter, though, has survived in a collection of documents from the Stegeborg Castle. It has
accompanied a dedicated copy of Musurgia Universalis, a gift from Kircher to the prince.
(http://www.phonurgia.se/rendel/engint.html)
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. "Linguarum Omnium Nova Arte Ad Unam Reductio.", Vienna, Österreichische
Nationalbibliothek.
Call Number: ÖNB, MS. 9536
Notes: Cited in Evans "The Habsburg Monarchy" p. 353 note 18. Also mentioned in Fletcher (ed.)
"Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen... "p. 180
Fletcher claims, in "Kircher and Duke August of Wolfenbüttel" p. 286, that this was the copy sent
by Kircher to Leopold I.
2. ———. "Nova Steganographia."1650. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
Call Number: ÖNB, MS 9545
Notes: Cit. Evans "The Habsburg Monarchy" p. 352 note 18
3. ———. "Nova Steganographia."1650. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
Call Number: ÖNB, MS 11388
Notes: Cit. Evans "The Habsburg Monarchy" p. 353 note 18
4. ———. "Vita a Semet Ipso Conscripta.", Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
Call Number: Cod. 13.752
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, AK und ...
Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Dibner Library
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to to be checked, 1640, Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Dibner
Library.
Call Number: ms. 783 A.
Notes: Latin, from Kristeller, Iter Italicum. See Manuscripts of the Dibner collection in the Dibner
Library of the History of Science and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries,
Washington D.C., 1985, p. 5, no. 60
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kinner, Cyprian, 7 November 1648, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek.
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 10.5. Aug. 2o, ff. 207r-208r
Notes: Published in Richard van Dülmen, Ein unbekannter Brief von Athanasius Kircher. Studia
Leibnitiana. 1972; 4: pp. 141-145. Copy.
2. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 18 January 1650, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog
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August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 12 Gud. lat., f. 223
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
3. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 13 November 1652, Wolfenbüttel,
Herzog August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 12 Gud. lat., f. 226
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
4. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 3 June 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 356
Notes: Cit. in Fletcher (ed.) "Athanasius Kircher und seine..." p. 107. Published in Burkhard II,
131-133
5. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 2 October 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 3. 5 Aug. 4o fol. 29
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
6. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 October 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek.
Call Number: HAB Ms. Cod. Guelf. 3. 5. Aug. 4o f. 30r-v
Notes: Consulted 12.6.1997. In German.
7. ———. Letter to Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 20 June 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog
August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Fb 4o 52
Notes: Inside Ferdinand Albrecht's copy of the Polygraphia. From Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
8. ———. Letter to Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 7 March 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog
August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Fb 4o 52
Notes: Inside front of Ferdinand Albrecht's copy of the Polygraphia
9. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 19 March 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB 6 Nov. 2o ff. 59-61
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 291. Extract also in HAB Cod. Guelf. 3.I.
300 Aug. 2o
10. ———. Letter to Conring, Herman, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Extrav. 54 (fol. nos. to be checked)
Notes: Kristeller, Iter italicum, VI; p. 547
11. ———. "Linguarum Omnium Nova Arte Ad Unam Reductio.", Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Fb 4o 52
Notes: Cited in Fletcher (ed.) Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen... p. 180
12. ———. "Novum Inventum Linguarum Omnium Ad Unam Reducturam."1659. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog
August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Ms. Cod. Guelf. 3. 5. Aug. 4o
Notes: Cit. in Leinkauf "Mundus combinatus" p.236. According to Fletcher "Kircher and Duke
August" p. 286, this was Duke August's copy, and was sent to him on 17 October 1660.
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv
1. August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 5 January 1651, Wolfenbüttel,
Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 352
Notes: Copy. Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 284
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2. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kinner, Cyprian, 7 November 1648, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek
- Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 350.1
Notes: .Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 154.
3. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 18.January 1650, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 351
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
4. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 4 March 1651, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 353
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
5. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 28 July 1651, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 354
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
6. ———. Letter to Hirt, Johann Martin, 7 March 1659, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 375
Notes: Copy. Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
7. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 16 July 1659, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 376
Notes: Copy. Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
8. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 3 January 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 355
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 286
9. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 22 July 1662, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 383
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
10. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 2 September 1662, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 384
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
11. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 15 February 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 385
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
12. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 20 June 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 358
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
13. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 May 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 393
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
14. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 20 June 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek 22
Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 394
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
15. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 5 July 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 395
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
16. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 14 July 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 397
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
17. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 31 August 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 359
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 289
18. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 31 October 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 360
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 289
19. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 10 January 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 400
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 289
20. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 27 March 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 363
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and astronomy..."p.136
21. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 27 March 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 403
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and astronomy..."p.136
22. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 25 April 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 364
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
23. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 25 April 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 404
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
24. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 24 July 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 406
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
25. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 25 July 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 366
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
26. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
23
Call Number: HAB BA n. 367
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
27. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 22 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 368
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 291
28. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 2 April 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 370
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 291
29. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 10 July 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 371
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 292
30. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 24 July 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 372
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 292
31. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 4 September 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 373
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 293
32. ———. Letter to no name, 9 October 1655, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 374
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
33. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 12 June 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 377
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
34. ———. Letter to no name, 21 August 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 378
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
35. ———. Letter to no name, 10 September 1661, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 379
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
36. ———. Letter to no name, no date, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 380
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
37. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 3 February 1662, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 381
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
38. ———. Letter to no name, 24 March 1662, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 382
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
39. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 14 May 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
24
Call Number: HAB BA n. 386
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
40. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 7 July 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 387
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
41. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 4 January 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 388
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
42. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 25 January 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 389
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
43. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 1 March 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 390
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
44. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 15 March 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 391
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
45. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 16 April 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 392
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
46. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 12 July 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 396
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
47. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 31 August 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 398
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
48. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 31 October 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 399
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
49. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 7 February 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 401
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
50. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 14 February 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 402
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
51. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 8 May 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 405
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Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
52. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 1 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 407
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
53. ———. Pietro Paolo Mariani to Anckel, Johann Georg, 4 August 1665 , Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 408
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
54. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 22 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 409
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
55. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 28 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 410
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
56. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 6 September 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 411
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
57. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 October 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 412
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
58. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 31 October 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 413
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
59. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 7 November 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 414
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
60. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 26 December 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 415
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
61. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 7 January 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 416
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
62. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 27 February 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 417
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
63. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 20 March 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 418
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
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64. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 16 April 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 419
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
65. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 29 May 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 420
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
66. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 10 July 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 421
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
67. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 24 June 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 422
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
68. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 7 August 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 423
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
69. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 4 September 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 424
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
70. ———. Athanasius Kircher: Iter Cometae anni 1664 a 14. Decemb. Usque ad 30 Romae observatum. A
Serenissimum Principem Augustum Ducem Brunsuic. et Luneburg, 3 Januar y1665, Wolfenbüttel,
Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 361
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
71. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 21 February 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 362
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
72. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 8 May 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 365
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
73. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 8 January 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 369
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
74. - Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: Cod. Guelf. 3.5. Aug. 4°
Notes: http://diglib.hab.de/edoc/ed000005/sourcesurvey.htm
Yale University Library, Beinicke Rare Book Room
1. Marci of Kronland, Jan Marcus. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 19 August 1666, Yale University Library,
Beinicke Rare Book Room.
Call Number: Beinicke Rare Book Room ms. 408
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Notes: Bound with Voynich manuscript
Zámrsk, Státní oblastní archív
Collection: Rodinný archiv Piccolomini
1.Ottavio Piccolomini to Kircher, Nurenberg, 9 May, 1650
Call Number: 13668
Notes: Suzanne Sutherland
2.Kircher to Ottavio Piccolomini, Rome, 28 February, 1650
Call Number: 13737
Notes: Suzanne Sutherland
2. Published letters
1. Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi). Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 19 June 1639, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Obelisci Aegyptiaci nuper inter Isaei Romani rudera effossi Interpretatio Hieroglyphica, Rome:
Varersi, 1666, p. 126. Original letter is in APUG 556 ff. 15r-16v.
Notes: Copy used BAV Chigi.I.517 (presentation copy with elaborate gilded red-leather binding
bearing Chigi arms)
2. Brouzet, Louis. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 28 December 1632, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 477 - 479 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin, transl. from French. Accompanied by engraving of two sarcophagi. The original ms.
does not appear to be in APUG
3. Burattini, Tito Livio. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 September 1652, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 303 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
4. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom.
(in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), pp. 399-401
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Italian.
5. Chappuius, Ioannes. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 February 1645, Published in Ars Magna Lucis et
Umbrae (1646) p. 883.
6. Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1 August 1655, Published
in J.P. von Ludewig "Reliquiae manuscriptorum omnis aevi diplomatum..., Frankfurt 1720-1741, V.
pp. 391-392.
Call Number: BL 182.a.8
7. Gassendi, Pierre. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 2 August 1633, Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi
Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris
EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson, 1658. Tom. 6, p. 58.
8. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 5 July 1640, Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis,
Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE,
Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson, 1658. Tom. 6, pp. 98-99.
Notes: An excerpt of this letter was previously published in Athanasius Kircher, Magnes, Rome:
Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 481-3. The original ms. seems to have been lost.
9. Grandami, Jacques. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, undated (9 May 1640), Published excerpt in Athanasius
28
Kircher, Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 473-4.
Notes: Latin
10. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to De Cambis, Jean, D'Orsan, De Langes, Siffredy, Barthomolmé, and Carre,
Pierre, 10 May 1633, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Primitiae Gnomomicae Catoptricae,
Avignon: I. Piot; 1635, following titlepage (pp. non-num.).
Notes: Dedication of work. Copy consulted: BAV Barberini.N.III.17
11. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 2 August 1636, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Prodomus
coptus, Rome, Typis S. Cong. de propag. Fide, 1636, sig. † 2 recto - sig †† 2 recto.
Notes: Dedicatory letter. Copy consulted BAV Barberini Y.II.6.
12. ———. Letter to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 4 May 1641, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, Sig. a3 recto - Sig. a4 verso.
Notes: Dedicatory letter.
13. ———. Letter to Rhodius, Johann, 16 June 1642, Published in T. Bartholinus, De armillis veterum
schedion. Accessit O. Wormii de Aureo Cornu Danico ad Licetum responsio, Amsterdam, 1676, II,
29-31.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
14. ———. Letter to Nihus, Barthold, 9 November 1647, Published in L. Allacci, [Greek] sive opusculorum
graecorum et latinorum vetustiorum ac recentiorum libri duo, ed. B. Nihus, Cologne, 1653, I 237238. Venice 1733, I 51-52.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
15. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 14 February 1648, Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 8. C.G. von
Murr, ed., Journal, XVII (1789) 312-13.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154.
16. ———. Letter to Frankenberg, Abraham von, 8 November 1648, Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta ex
literis illust. et clariss. virorum ad J. Hevelium, Danzig, 1683, p. 14. C.G: von Murr, ed., Journal
zur Kunstgeschichte und zur allgemeinen Literatur, Nuremberg, XVII (1789) 314-315.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
17. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 20 June 1649, Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 17. C.G. von
Murr, ed., Journal, XVII (1789) 313-4.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154.
18. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 18 January 1650, Published in Z. Goetz, Ad
Augustum D.B. et L. Athanasii Kircheri S.I. epistolae tres, Osnabrück, 1717.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
19. ———. Letter to Carlo III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montserrat, 10 February 1650, Published in C.
Lozzi, ed., Il Bibliofilo, Florence, V (1884) pp. 56-57.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 156
20. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 10 June 1650, Published in J.P. von
Ludewig "Reliquiae manuscriptorum omnis aevi diplomatum..., Frankfurt 1720-1741, V. pp. 385387.
Call Number: BL: 182.a.8
21. ———. Letter to Rhodius, Johann, 27 August 1650, Published in Fortuno Liceti, De lucernis antiquorum
reconditis libri quatuor, Utini, 1652, VI. 1252-1254.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
22. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 4 May 1651, Published in Z. Goetz, Ad Augustum
D.B. et L. Athanasii Kircheri S.I. epistolae tres, Osnabrück, 1717.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
23. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 28 July 1651, Published in Z. Goetz, Ad Augustum
29
D.B. et L. Athanasii Kircheri S.I. epistolae tres, Osnabrück, 1717.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
24. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 22 March 1654, Published in Schott, Gaspar. Mechanica hydraulicopneumatica.. Würzburg; 1657, pp. 312-313.
25. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 16 April 1655, Published in J.P. von
Ludewig "Reliquiae manuscriptorum omnis aevi diplomatum..., Frankfurt 1720-1741, V. pp. 387388. Cit. in Fletcher "Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen" p. 107.
Call Number: BL: 182.a.8
26. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 26 February 1656, Published in Schott, Gaspar. Mechanica hydraulicopneumatica.. Würzburg; 1657, pp. 452-3.
27. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 25 March 1656, Published in Schott, Pantometrum Kircherianum,
Wuerzburg, 1660, Preface.
28. ———. Letter to Gibbes, James Alban, May 1656, Published in J.A. Gibbes, Carminum pars lyrica ad
exemplum Q. Horatii Flacci quamproxime concinnata, Rome, 1668, p. 219.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
29. ———. Letter to Hauptmann, August, 20 July 1657, Published in A. Hauptmann, Uhralter
Wolckensteinischer warmer Badt- und Wasser-Schatz su unser lieben Frawen auf dem Sande
genand, Leipzig, 1657, pp. 247-251.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
30. ———. Letter to Langenmantel, Hieronymus Ambrosius, 18 February 1660, Published in Langenmantel,
Hieronymo Ambrosio (ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri
in Mathematicis et Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi, Complectentium Materias
PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies, Eruditos atque Excellentissimos
Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D. Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam Illustrem
Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in publiam
lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. & Can. Insig.
respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta Vindelicorus: Typis Utzschneiderianis;
M.DC.LXXXIV.
Call Number: BL 1165.b.15.
Notes: 25 letters.
31. ———. Letter to Kinner von Löwenthurm, Godefrid Alois, 7 August 1661, Published in G. Schott,
Organum mathematicum, Würzburg, 1668, pp. 57-64.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 158.
32. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 16 December 1662, Published in Schott, Technica curiosa sive mirabilia
artis, Nuremberg, 1664, p. 481.
33. ———. Letter to Wiegand, Melchior, 7 December 1664, Published in N. Seng, transl., Selbstbiographie
des P. Athanasius Kircher, Fulda, 1901, pp. 67-68.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 160
34. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 7 January 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 764-765.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 159
35. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 31 January 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 764-765.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 159
36. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 21 February 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 764-765.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 159
30
37. ———. Letter to Lubienietzki, Stanislas, 8 May 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 750-761.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
38. ———. Letter to Lubienietzki, Stanislas, 25 July 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 754-755, J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 107.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
39. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 1 June 1666, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Obelisci
Aegyptiaci nuper inter Isaei Romani rudera effossi Interpretatio Hieroglyphica, Rome: Varersi,
1666, following titlepage (ff. non-num.).
Notes: Dedicatory letter. Copy used BAV Chigi.I.517 (presentation copy with elaborate gilded redleather binding bearing Chigi arms)
40. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 28 July 1666, Published in A. M. Bandini, De obelisco
Caesaris Aug. e Campi Martii ruderibus nuper eruto commentarius, Rome, 1750, p. 102.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156
41. ———. Letter to Schroeck, Lukas the Elder, June 1668, Published in Langenmantel, Hieronymo Ambrosio
(ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri in Mathematicis et
Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi, Complectentium Materias
PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies, Eruditos atque Excellentissimos
Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D. Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam Illustrem
Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in publiam
lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. & Can. Insig.
respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta Vindelicorus: Typis Utzschneiderianis;
M.DC.LXXXIV, pp. 4-6.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159
42. ———. Letter to Schroeck, Lukas the Younger, 8 November 1670, Published in Langenmantel,
Hieronymo Ambrosio (ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri
in Mathematicis et Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi, Complectentium Materias
PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies, Eruditos atque Excellentissimos
Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D. Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam Illustrem
Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in publiam
lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. & Can. Insig.
respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta Vindelicorus: Typis Utzschneiderianis;
M.DC.LXXXIV, pp. 7-25.
Notes: Ten letters. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159
43. ———. Letter to Sachs von Löwenheim, Philipp Jakob, 6 February 1672, Published in J.D. Major,
Memoria Sachsiana, Leipzig, 1675, pp. 39-40.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
44. ———. Letter to Erbermann, Vitus, 7 February 1672, Published in H.A. Langenmantel, ed., Fasciculus,
pp. 94-100. V. Erbermann, Trophaea Romana, Mainz, 1672, pp. 195-201 [recte 198].
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
45. ———. Letter to Tylkowski, Alberty, 23 November 1672, Published in A Tylkowski, Philosophia curiosa
seu universa Aristotelis philosophia, Prague, 1680, Preface.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 160
46. ———. Letter to Kuhlmann, Quirinus, 8 February 1674, Published in Q. Kuhlmann, Epistola de arte
magna sciendi sive combinatoria, [Amsterdam?], 1674, Epistolae duae, Leyden, 1674 and 1675,
AZ! Kircheriana de arte magna sciendi sive combinatoria, London, 1681. Responsoria, London
1681.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 158.
47. ———. Letter to Kuhlmann, Quirinus, 8 February 1674, Published in Q. Kuhlmann, Epistolae duae,
Leyden, 1674 and 1675, AZ! Kircheriana de arte magna sciendi sive combinatoria, London, 1681.
Responsoria, London 1681.
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Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 158.
48. ———. Letter to Monrad, Johan, 12 February 1675, Published in C.E. Jordan, Recueil de literature, de
philosophie et d'histoire, Amsterdam, 1730, pp. 141-143. C. Giessing, Nye samling af danske,
norske og islandske iubel-laere, Copenhagen, 1779-1786, III i 224.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
49. ———. Letter to Henschenius, Godefridus, 2 July 1675, Published in J.B. Pitra, Etudes sur la Collection
des Actes des Saints par les RR. PP. Jésuites Bollandistes, Paris, 1850, pp. 202-203.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
50. ———. Letter to Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de, 9 November 1676, Published in G. de Varadier de
Saint-Andiol, Juvenilia, Arles, 1679, pp. 349-350.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
51. ———. Letter to Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de, 7 December 1676, Published in G. de Varadier de
Saint-Andiol, Juvenilia, Arles, 1679, pp. 351-353.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
52. ———. Letter to Paullini, Christian Franz, 4 February 1679, Published in C.F. Paullini, Disquisitio curiosa
an mors naturalis plerumque sit substantia verminosa, Frankfurt, 1703, pp. 181-182.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
53. ———. Letter to Ferdinand Johann, Prince of Lichtenstein, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 5 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio I. De Arithmetica Hieroglyphica" (of Class. VII.
Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
54. ———. Letter to Gans, Johann, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4
vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 83
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio II. De Geometria Hieroglyphica" (of Class. VII.
Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
55. ———. Letter to Johann Friedrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 119 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio III. De Musica Hieroglyphica" (of Class. VII.
Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
56. ———. Letter to Auersperg, Johann Weickard von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 139 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio IV. Astrologia Aegyptiorum & Chaldaeorum
hieroglyphica" (of Class. VII. Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
57. ———. Letter to Lippay, Georg, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4
vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 279
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis VIII. Mechanica sive architectonica.
58. ———. Letter to Schönborn, Johann Philipp von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 345 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis IX. Iatrica, sive Medicina Hieroglyphica.
59. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 387 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis X. Alchimia Hieroglyphica, sive Aurifera Ars Aegyptiorum
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60. ———. Letter to Friedrich, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 435 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis XI. Magia Hieroglyphica.
61. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 497 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis XII. Theosophia Metaphysica, seu Theologia Hieroglyphica.
62. ———. Letter to Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 1 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for volume
63. ———. Letter to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 7 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory preface
64. ———. Letter to Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 79 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma I. Mensa Isiaca, sive Tabula Bembina.
65. ———. Letter to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 161 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma II. OBELISCUS RAMESSAEUS, SIVE LATERANENSIS.
66. ———. Letter to Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 213 (mispaginated "21") (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma III. Obeliscus Flaminius, olim Sennesertaeus.
67. ———. Letter to Leopold Ignaz, Archduke of Austria, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 257 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma IV. Obeliscus Sallustius, sive Ludovisius.
68. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 271
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma V. Obeliscus olim Veranus modo Barberinus.
69. ———. Letter to Barberini, Antonio, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom.
(in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 303 (Copy
used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma VI. Obeliscus Constantinopolitanus a Theodosio Imperatore in
Hippodromo Byzantino erectus.
70. ———. Letter to Medici, Matthias de' and Medici, Leopoldo de', n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), pp. 317 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma VII. Obelisci Minores et sunt Monticaelius, Mediceus,
Mahutaeus.
71. ———. Letter to Gravenegg, Joachim von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 329
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma VIII. Obeliscus Heliopolitanus, Qui in hunc diem
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adhuc iuxta Mataream, Vicum Cayro Aegypti vicinum, erectus conspicitur.
72. ———. Letter to Suarés, Joseph-Marie, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 338
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma IX. Obeliscus Alexandrinus.
73. ———. Letter to Medici, Giancarlo de', n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 347
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma X. OBELISCUS FLORENTINUS
74. ———. Letter to Rapaccioli, Francesco Angelo, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 367 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XI. Obelisci Rasi qui sunt Exquilinus,et Vaticanus.
75. ———. Letter to Henckel, Lazarus, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom.
(in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 378 (Copy
used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XII. De fragmentis variorum Obeliscorum, quae in Urbe
hodie supersunt.
76. ———. Letter to Brancacci, Francesco Maria, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 435 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XIV. De canopis Hieroglyphicis.
77. ———. Letter to Spada, Bernardino, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom.
(in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 453 (Copy
used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XV. De Sphyngibus Niloticis.
78. ———. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano and Dal Pozzo, Carlo Antonio, n.d., Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 16521654, Tomus III (1654), p. 474 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVI, De Penatibus, Laribus et Serapibus Aegyptiorum.
79. ———. Letter to Fano, Vincenzo, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in
4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 486 (Copy
used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVII. De magnae efficaciae Idolis, sive de Dijs Averruncis
primi ordinis.
80. ———. Letter to Harrach, Ernst Adalbert von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 506 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVIII. De Statuis Aegyptiacis Polycharacteristicis, id est,
toto corpore hieroglyphicorum contextu conspicuis.
81. ———. Letter to Nihus, Barthold, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in
4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 518 (Copy
used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XIX. De Amuletis, & Periaptis, coeterisque portatilibus
Icunculis, quibus Aegyptij utebantur.
82. ———. Letter to Nádasdy, Ferenc von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 530
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XX. De Lucernis Veterem Aegyptiorum.
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83. ———. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas and Allacci, Leone, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 550 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Anacephalaeosis totius operis. Compare ms. sent to Allacci in
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Carte Allacci CXLVII f. 304rv
84. ———. Letter to Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, undated, Published in P. Lambeck,
Commentariorum de augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vindobonensi liber primus, Vienna,
1665, I, 90-91. Hannover, 1712, I, 90-91.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
85. ———. Letter to Spizel, Gottlieb, undated (after 1671), Published in Langenmantel, Hieronymo Ambrosio
(ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri in Mathematicis et
Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi, Complectentium Materias
PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies, Eruditos atque Excellentissimos
Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D. Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam Illustrem
Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in publiam
lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. & Can. Insig.
respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta Vindelicorus: Typis Utzschneiderianis;
M.DC.LXXXIV, pp. 6-7.
Notes: Langenmantel prints this letter again at pp. 91-92, giving as the recipient Georg
Hieronymus Welsch and the date 17 February 1660. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159
86. ———. Letter to Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de, undated (after February 1677), Published in G. de
Varadier de Saint-Andiol, Juvenilia, Arles, 1679, pp. 354-355.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
87. ———. Letter to Schenk, Joseph Theodor, undated (c. 1668), Published in J.F. Heckel, Manipulus primus
epistolarum singularium, Plauen, 1695, pp. 115-116.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
88. ———. Letter to Paullini, Christian Franz, undated (c. 1675), Published in C.F. Paullini, Cynographia
curiosa seu canis descriptio, Nuremberg, 1685. Prefatory material, no. 1 of "Vota et censurae
aliorum excellentium virorum".
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
89. Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 3 April 1660, Published on third page
of Kircher's Polygraphia Universalis.
90. Martini, Martino. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1638, Published excerpt in Athanasius Kircher, Magnes,
Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 433-435.
91. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, undated (6 February 1639), Published excerpt in Athanasius
Kircher, Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 436.
92. Maurus, Petrus. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Magnes, Rome: Ludovico
Grignani, 1641, pp. 502-503.
Notes: Copy used BAV Barberini M.III.33. No corresponding letter appears to be in APUG.
93. Mersenne, Marin. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, undated, Published excerpt in Athanasius Kircher,
Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 473.
Notes: Latin
94. Nardi, Giovanni. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 13 February 1651, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 348-9 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: The date does not appear to correspond to any of the letters from Nardi conserved in
APUG
95. Nicusio, Panaioti. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 June 1654, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
35
(1654), pp. 305-6 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Italian
96. Reniger, Simon. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 June 1654, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), pp. 304-5 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
97. Letter to Mathieu Compain, 19 November 1666, in: Spon 1673, pp. 208-211. (Findlen 2004, p. 307.)
98. Leter to Melchior Hanel, Melchior Hanel: Parabolae vulpium Rabbi Barachiae Nikdani, Pragae 1665.
„Lectori Benevolo Athanasius Kircherus“.(signature to be checked)
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3. Kircher’s correspondence outside APUG 555-568 (including published letters) arranged according to
recipient,
Albano, Monsignore
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Albano, Monsignore, 9 February 1660, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 93r-94r
Notes: Copy, Italian, Latin, Greek. Consulted 22.6.1999
Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 14 July 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi F IV 48 ff. 1r-11v
Notes: Latin, Greek, Arabic. Scribal hand. Introduction to "De Compositione Astrolabii
(Herimanni)". Copy in BAV Chigi J. VI. 225, ff. 48r-58v
2. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 14 July 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi J. VI. 225, ff. 48r-58v
Notes: Latin, Greek, Arabic. Scribal hand. Introduction to "De Compositione Astrolabii
(Herimanni)". Copy of BAV Chigi F IV 48 ff. 1r-11v
3. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 1 June 1666, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Obelisci
Aegyptiaci nuper inter Isaei Romani rudera effossi Interpretatio Hieroglyphica, Rome: Varersi,
1666, following titlepage (ff. non-num.).
Notes: Dedicatory letter. Copy used BAV Chigi.I.517 (presentation copy with elaborate gilded
red-leather binding bearing Chigi arms)
4. ———. Letter to Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi), 28 July 1666, Published in A. M. Bandini, De obelisco
Caesaris Aug. e Campi Martii ruderibus nuper eruto commentarius, Rome, 1750, p. 102.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156
Alexander VII, Pope (Fabio Chigi)
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, 29 August 1663, Rome, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi J. VI. 225 ff. 1r-9v
Notes: Latin, Autograph signature. Consulted 24.6.1999. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher
und seine Beziehungen, p. 152
2. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, 28 January 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi, C.V. 134, inside front cover.
Notes: Cited in Bartòla, Alberto. Alessandro VII e Athanasius Kircher S.I. Ricerche e appunti
sulla loro corrispondenza erudita e sulla storia di alcuni codici chigiani. Miscellanea Bibliothecae
Apostolicae Vaticanae. 1989; III: 7-105. Consulted. Autograph minutes in APUG 563, f. 303.
3. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, 27 October 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi J.VI.225 ff. 66r-67v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen, p. 152
4. ———. Letter to Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 497 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis XII. Theosophia Metaphysica, seu Theologia Hieroglyphica.
Allacci, Leone
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Allacci, Leone, 27 November 1654, Rome, Biblioteca Vallicelliana.
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Call Number: Carte Allacci CXLVII ff. 303r-304v
Notes: From Kristeller, Iter italicum, VI, p. 189a. Consulted 24.6.1999
2. ———. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas and Allacci, Leone, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 550 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Anacephalaeosis totius operis. Compare ms. sent to Allacci in
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Carte Allacci CXLVII f. 304rv
Almichoven, Theodor
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Almichoven, Theodor, 2 September 1678, Munich, Bayerische Staatsund Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Collectio Camerariana Cod. lat. 10383/134
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen, p. 152
Anckel, Johann Georg
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 16 July 1659, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 376
Notes: Copy. Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
2. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 October 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek.
Call Number: HAB Ms. Cod. Guelf. 3. 5. Aug. 4o f. 30r-v
Notes: Consulted 12.6.1997. In German.
3. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 October 1661, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Published in H. A. Langenmantel, Fasciculus, pp. 26-30. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius
Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
4. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 22 July 1662, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 383
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
5. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 22 July 1662, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Published in H. A. Langenmantel, Fasciculus, pp. 1-3 (Langenmantel gives as the
recipient Lukas Schroek the Elder). Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine
Bezeihungen, p. 152
6. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 2 September 1662, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 384
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
7. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 15 February 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 385
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
8. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 17 May 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 393
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
9. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 20 June 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 394
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Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
10. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 5 July 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 395
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 287
11. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 14 July 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 397
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
12. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 10 January 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 400
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 289
13. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 29 April 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 404
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
14. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, 24 July 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 406
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
15. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 374
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
16. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 377
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
17. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 378
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
18. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 379
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
19. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 380
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
20. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 381
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
21. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 382
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
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22. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 386
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
23. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 387
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
24. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 388
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
25. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 389
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
26. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 390
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
27. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 391
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
28. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 392
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
29. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 396
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
30. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 398
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
31. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 399
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
32. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 401
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
33. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 402
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
34. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek 40
Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 405
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
35. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 407
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
36. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 408
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
37. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 409
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
38. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 410
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
39. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 411
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
40. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 412
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
41. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 413
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
42. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 414
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
43. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 415
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
44. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 416
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
45. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 417
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
46. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
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Call Number: HAB BA n. 418
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
47. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 419
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
48. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 420
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
49. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 421
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
50. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 422
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
51. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 423
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
52. ———. Letter to Anckel, Johann Georg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 424
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
Angles, Bernard d'
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Angles, Bernard d', 2 March 1654, Dijon, Bibliothèque Municipale.
Call Number: Bibliothèque Municipale ms. 844
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
Auersperg, Johann Weickard von
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Auersperg, Johann Weickard von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 139 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio IV. Astrologia Aegyptiorum & Chaldaeorum
hieroglyphica" (of Class. VII. Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, January 1650, Wolfenbüttel,
Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 351
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
2. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 18 January 1650, Published in Z. Goetz, Ad
Augustum D.B. et L. Athanasii Kircheri S.I. epistolae tres, Osnabrück, 1717.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
3. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, March 1651, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 353
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Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
4. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 4 May 1651, Published in Z. Goetz, Ad
Augustum D.B. et L. Athanasii Kircheri S.I. epistolae tres, Osnabrück, 1717.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
5. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, July 1651, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 354
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
6. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 28 July 1651, Published in Z. Goetz, Ad
Augustum D.B. et L. Athanasii Kircheri S.I. epistolae tres, Osnabrück, 1717.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 284
7. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 3 January 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 355
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 286
8. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 3 June 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 356
Notes: Cit. in Fletcher (ed.) "Athanasius Kircher und seine..." p. 107. Published in Burkhard II,
131-133
9. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 2 October 1660, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 3. 5 Aug. 4o fol. 29
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
10. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 20 June 1663, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 358
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 288
11. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 31 August 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 359
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 289
12. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 31 October 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 360
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 289
13. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 27 March 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 363
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and astronomy..."p.136
14. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 27 March 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 403
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and astronomy..."p.136
15. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 25 April 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 364
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
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16. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 25 July 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 366
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
17. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 367
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 290
18. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 22 August 1665, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 368
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 291
19. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 19 March 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB 6 Nov. 2o ff. 59-61
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 291. Extract also in HAB Cod. Guelf. 3.I.
300 Aug. 2o
20. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 2 April 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 370
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 291
21. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 10 July 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 371
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 292
22. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 24 July 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 372
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 292
23. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 4 September 1666, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 373
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 293
24. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 361
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
25. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 362
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
26. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 365
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
27. ———. Letter to August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 369
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 152
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Barberini, Antonio
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Barberini, Antonio, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 303 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma VI. Obeliscus Constantinopolitanus a Theodosio Imperatore in
Hippodromo Byzantino erectus.
Barberini, Francesco
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 2 August 1636, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Prodomus coptus, Rome, Typis S. Cong. de propag. Fide, 1636, sig. † 2 recto - sig †† 2 recto.
Notes: Dedicatory letter. Copy consulted BAV Barberini Y.II.6.
2. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 6 March 1653, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6467 f. 37r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Consulted.
3. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 21 November 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6467 f. 38r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian.
4. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, 14 December 1667, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6467 f. 39r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Consulted
5. ———. Letter to Barberini, Francesco, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 271
(Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma V. Obeliscus olim Veranus modo Barberinus.
Billy, Jacques de
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Billy, Jacques de, 21 February 1660, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN Lat. 8600, f.29r 30v.
Notes: Autograph, Latin.
Brancacci, Francesco Maria
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Brancacci, Francesco Maria, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 435 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XIV. De canopis Hieroglyphicis.
Buxtorf, Johann
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Buxtorf, Johann, 6 January 1638, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der
Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153
2. ———. Letter to Buxtorf, Johann, 2 January 1639, Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153
Carlo III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montserrat
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Carlo III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montserrat, 10 February 1650,
Published in C. Lozzi, ed., Il Bibliofilo, Florence, V (1884) pp. 56-57.
Notes: Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..." p. 156
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Carre, Pierre
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to De Cambis, Jean, D'Orsan, De Langes, Siffredy, Barthomolmé, and
Carre, Pierre, 10 May 1633, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Primitiae Gnomomicae
Catoptricae, Avignon: I. Piot; 1635, following titlepage (pp. non-num.).
Notes: Dedication of work. Copy consulted: BAV Barberini.N.III.17
Chigi, Flavio
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Chigi, Flavio, 13 December 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi R. V. g f.460r-v
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156. Findlen suggests Flavio Chigi as
recipient.
Conring, Herman?
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Conring, Herman, to be checked, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek
.
Call Number: HAB Extrav. 54 (fol. nos. to be checked)
Notes: Kristeller, Iter italicum, VI; p. 547
Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 29 November 1675,
Florence, Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med. 1114, f.8
2. ———. Letter to Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 20 December 1675, Florence, Archivio
di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med 3942 f.1
3. ———. Letter to Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 30 October 1678, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 1115, f.6
D'Orsan
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to De Cambis, Jean, D'Orsan, De Langes, Siffredy, Barthomolmé, and
Carre, Pierre, 10 May 1633, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Primitiae Gnomomicae
Catoptricae, Avignon: I. Piot; 1635, following titlepage (pp. non-num.).
Notes: Dedication of work. Copy consulted: BAV Barberini.N.III.17
Dal Pozzo, Carlo Antonio
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano and Dal Pozzo, Carlo Antonio, n.d., Published in
Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis
Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 474 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVI, De Penatibus, Laribus et Serapibus Aegyptiorum.
Dal Pozzo, Cassiano
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 15 August 1637, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H268 f. 9rv
Notes: Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991,
p. 3
2. ———. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 18 September 1647, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H270 fol. 291
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153. Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il
Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991, p. 8
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3. ———. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 27 November 1647, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H270 ff. 292r-293v
Notes: Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991,
p. 8
4. ———. Letter to Dal Pozzo, Cassiano and Dal Pozzo, Carlo Antonio, n.d., Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi,
1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 474 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVI, De Penatibus, Laribus et Serapibus Aegyptiorum.
De Cambis, Jean
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to De Cambis, Jean, D'Orsan, De Langes, Siffredy, Barthomolmé, and
Carre, Pierre, 10 May 1633, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Primitiae Gnomomicae
Catoptricae, Avignon: I. Piot; 1635, following titlepage (pp. non-num.).
Notes: Dedication of work. Copy consulted: BAV Barberini.N.III.17
De Langes
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to De Cambis, Jean, D'Orsan, De Langes, Siffredy, Barthomolmé, and
Carre, Pierre, 10 May 1633, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Primitiae Gnomomicae
Catoptricae, Avignon: I. Piot; 1635, following titlepage (pp. non-num.).
Notes: Dedication of work. Copy consulted: BAV Barberini.N.III.17
Doni, Giovanni Battista
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Doni, Giovanni Battista, 19 October 1647, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Egerton ms. 22, fol. 40
Notes: Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153. A copy in
Biblioteca Marucelliana, Florence, Cat. A, 289-290, c. 352
Electors of the Holy Roman Empire
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 1 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for volume
Erbermann, Vitus
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Erbermann, Vitus, 7 February 1672, Published in H.A. Langenmantel, ed.,
Fasciculus, pp. 94-100. V. Erbermann, Trophaea Romana, Mainz, 1672, pp. 195-201 [recte
198].
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
Fano, Vincenzo
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Fano, Vincenzo, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 486 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVII. De magnae efficaciae Idolis, sive de Dijs Averruncis
primi ordinis.
Favoriti, Agostino
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Favoriti, Agostino, 22 June 1665, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. lat. 8202, f. 48r
Notes: Italian, autograph signature. Consulted 24 June 1999. Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius
Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 153.
Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 20 June 1663,
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Fb 4o 52
Notes: Inside Ferdinand Albrecht's copy of the Polygraphia. From Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
2. ———. Letter to Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 7 March 1664, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog
August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Fb 4o 52
Notes: Inside front of Ferdinand Albrecht's copy of the Polygraphia
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 4 May 1641, Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, Sig. a3 recto - Sig. a4 verso.
Notes: Dedicatory letter.
2. ———. Letter to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 7 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory preface
3. ———. Letter to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 161 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma II. OBELISCUS RAMESSAEUS, SIVE LATERANENSIS.
Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 213 (mispaginated "21") (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma III. Obeliscus Flaminius, olim Sennesertaeus.
Ferdinand Johann, Prince of Lichtenstein
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferdinand Johann, Prince of Lichtenstein, n.d., Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi,
1652-1654, Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 5 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio I. De Arithmetica Hieroglyphica" (of Class.
VII. Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 12 June 1658,
Florence, Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med 1026, f.4
Notes: autograph, Italian
Kircher sent Ferdinando II the Itinerarium Exstaticum (1656) on 15th June, 1656, with the
accompanying letter BNCF Ms. Gal. 275, f.43 (a copy is at APUG 561, 58r), printed in Mirto, pp.
153-4.
2. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 8 November 1659, Florence,
Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: Mediceo del Principato, 1026, f.149
Notes: autograph, Italian
3. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 15 November 1659, Florence,
Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF, Mediceo del Principato, 1026, f.150
Notes: 15th November, 1659, Rome autograph signature
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la Cassetta del Artifizio delle lingue
letter referred to in the postscript to APUG 556, 63r-64v (18th November, 1659), from
Ferdinando II to Kircher.
4. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 21 June 1663, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF, Mediceo del Principato, 1206, f.515
Notes: autograph signature
misplaced in volume as 21st June, 1664.
Polygraphia
Reply from Ferdinando II is at APUG 555, 69r-70v.
see also BNCF Ms. Gal. 276, f.201, sent to Leopoldo de' Medici the same day.
5. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 7 July 1666, Florence, Archivio di
Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 1026, f.677
Notes: not autograph
Mirto, p157, & n.1, reproduces APUG 555, 125 (renumbered as 115r) which offers the Obelisci
aegyptiaci, 1666 to the 'Gran Principe', i.e. Ferdinando II. This is the draft of the current letter,
although the wording differs slightly, the sent version being fuller.
Another letter sends the same book to the 'Seren.mo Principe' (i.e. Leopoldo?) - BNCF Aut.
Palat., IV, 49 (3rd July, 1666), reproduced in Mirto, pp164-5.
6. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 10 February 1672, Florence,
Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 3940, f.4
Notes: is this the right recipient? When does Ferdinando II die??
7. ———. Letter to Ferdinando II dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, n.d., Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi,
1652-1654, Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 387 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis X. Alchimia Hieroglyphica, sive Aurifera Ars Aegyptiorum
Ferrand, Jean
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Ferrand, Jean, 4 June 1633, Carpentras, Bibliothèque de Carpentras.
Call Number: Mss. de Peiresc, II. f. 402
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
2. ———. Letter to Ferrand, Jean, 4 June 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9362 f.16rv
Notes: Note: Copy, Latin. See Fletcher 'Kircher & Peiresc'
Frankenberg, Abraham von
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Frankenberg, Abraham von, 8 November 1648, Published in J.E. Olhoff,
Excerpta ex literis illust. et clariss. virorum ad J. Hevelium, Danzig, 1683, p. 14. C.G: von Murr,
ed., Journal zur Kunstgeschichte und zur allgemeinen Literatur, Nuremberg, XVII (1789) 314315.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 18 January 1650,
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 12 Gud. lat., f. 223
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
2. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 10 June 1650, Published in J.P. von
Ludewig "Reliquiae manuscriptorum omnis aevi diplomatum..., Frankfurt 1720-1741, V. pp. 385387.
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Call Number: BL: 182.a.8
3. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 13 November 1652, Wolfenbüttel,
Herzog August Bibliothek .
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 12 Gud. lat., f. 226
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
4. ———. Letter to Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 16 April 1655, Published in J.P. von
Ludewig "Reliquiae manuscriptorum omnis aevi diplomatum..., Frankfurt 1720-1741, V. pp. 387388. Cit. in Fletcher "Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen" p. 107.
Call Number: BL: 182.a.8
Friedrich, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Friedrich, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, n.d., Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi,
1652-1654, Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 435 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis XI. Magia Hieroglyphica.
Gans, Johann
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gans, Johann, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 83 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio II. De Geometria Hieroglyphica" (of Class.
VII. Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
Gassendi, Pierre
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 10 July 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637 ff. 73r-74v.
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, pp. 413-4
2. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 23 September 1634, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637 ff. 57r - 58v
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, pp. 426-7.
3. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 2 July 1639, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637, ff. 109r-110v
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, pp. 436-7.
4. ———. Letter to Gassendi, Pierre, 13 February 1642, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1637 ff. 36r-37v
Notes: Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia
Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson,
1658. Tom. 6, p. 446
Gaudentius, Paganinus
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 6 March 1642, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 416r-417v
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
2. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 18 January 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
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Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 370r-371v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
3. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 17 March 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 390r-391v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
4. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 4 May 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 457r-458v
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
5. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 9 June 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 465rv
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
6. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 24 August 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 480r-481v
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
7. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 11 October 1647, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 514rv
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
8. ———. Letter to Gaudentius, Paganinus, 22 February 1648, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Urb. Lat. 1629 ff. 573r
Notes: Autograph. Latin.
Gibbes, James Alban
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gibbes, James Alban, May 1656, Published in J.A. Gibbes, Carminum
pars lyrica ad exemplum Q. Horatii Flacci quamproxime concinnata, Rome, 1668, p. 219.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 6 July 1659, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 2, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
2. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 26 July 1659, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 3, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
3. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 19 November 1659, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 4, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, signature autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et
Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list
of Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
4. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 28 October 1660, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 5, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
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Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
5. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 30 October 1660, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 6, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
6. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 2 May 1661, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 7, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
7. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 12 September 1664, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 8, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
8. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 14 March 1665, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione
delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 9, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
9. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 16 January 1666, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 10, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio
Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of
Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
10. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 28 January 1668, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 11, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, signature autograph. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et
Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list
of Kircher's printed works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
11. ———. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 18 January 1670, Castiglione, Archivio di
Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 12, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian. Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti
supremo Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of Kircher's printed
works. Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
12. Kircher, Athanasius, and Uldarico Gheringo. Letter to Gonzaga, Ferdinando Giovanni di, 6 December
1659, Castiglione, Archivio di Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Call Number: Busta 241, cartella XLIII, no. 13, ff. non-num.
Notes: Italian, signature autograph Much illegible on photocopy due to ink bleed-through.
Cartella labelled: "Lettere delli PP Olderico Gheringo, et Atanasio Kircher Giesuiti supremo
Professore di Matematica. 1659-1670". Also contains ms. list of Kircher's printed works.
Information and photocopy from Guido Rebecchini
Grand Duke of Tuscany
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1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Grand Duke of Tuscany, 15 June 1656, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale
Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF: Ms. Gal. 275 f.43r
Notes: Consulted 2/5/1995. Check also Mirto, Alfonso. Le lettere di Athanasius Kircher della
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze. Atti Mem. Accad. Toscana Sci. Lett. Colombaria.
1989; Vol. 54(n. s. 40): pp. 129-165 for this and other letters in Florence
Gravenegg, Joachim von
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gravenegg, Joachim von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 329 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma VIII. Obeliscus Heliopolitanus, Qui in hunc diem
adhuc iuxta Mataream, Vicum Cayro Aegypti vicinum, erectus conspicitur.
Gronovius, Johann Friedrich
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Gronovius, Johann Friedrich, 2 November 1652, Munich, Bayerische
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Ms. 617, fol. 100r-100v
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 153
Harrach, Ernst Adalbert von
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Harrach, Ernst Adalbert von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 506 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XVIII. De Statuis Aegyptiacis Polycharacteristicis, id est,
toto corpore hieroglyphicorum contextu conspicuis.
Hauptmann, August
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Hauptmann, August, 20 July 1657, Published in A. Hauptmann, Uhralter
Wolckensteinischer warmer Badt- und Wasser-Schatz su unser lieben Frawen auf dem Sande
genand, Leipzig, 1657, pp. 247-251.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
Henckel, Lazarus
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Henckel, Lazarus, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 378 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XII. De fragmentis variorum Obeliscorum, quae in Urbe
hodie supersunt.
Henschenius, Godefridus
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Henschenius, Godefridus, 2 July 1675, Published in J.B. Pitra, Etudes sur
la Collection des Actes des Saints par les RR. PP. Jésuites Bollandistes, Paris, 1850, pp. 202203.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 157
Hevelius, Johann
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 14 February 1648, Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta,
p. 8. C.G. von Murr, ed., Journal, XVII (1789) 312-13.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154.
2. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 20 June 1649, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1635 f.109
Notes: Autograph, Latin
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3. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 20 June 1649, Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 17. C.G. von
Murr, ed., Journal, XVII (1789) 313-4.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154.
4. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 17 February 1652, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.2, f.316rv
Notes: Autograph, waterdamaged.
5. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 22 February 1653, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz,
Darmstaedter Dokumentensammlung.
Call Number: F. 2.c 1646 (1)
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154
6. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 30 January 1655, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz,
Darmstaedter Dokumentensammlung.
Call Number: F. 2.c 1646 (1)
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154. Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 19. C.G. von Murr,
ed., Journal, XVII (1789) 315
7. ———. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 8 May 1665, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1640 f. 59rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph . Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 154
8. - Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Hevelius, Johann, 8 November 1648, Published in J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta,
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, Astronomy and A.K., p. 65.
Hirt, Johann Martin
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Hirt, Johann Martin, 7 March 1659, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August
Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 375
Notes: Copy. Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 285
Holstenius, Lucas
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas, 24 November 1654, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6499, f. 119r
Notes: consulted. Autograph
2. ———. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas, 15 October 1655, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Barb. Lat. 6499, f. 120r
Notes: cited in Findlen, "Scientific spectacle ..."
3. ———. Letter to Holstenius, Lucas and Allacci, Leone, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 550 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Anacephalaeosis totius operis. Compare ms. sent to Allacci in
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Carte Allacci CXLVII f. 304rv
Jesuit, unidentified
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Jesuit, unidentified, 1672, Prague, Strahov monastery.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Information provided by Rene Zandbergen
Johann Friedrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Johann Friedrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, n.d., Published in
54
Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis
Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 119 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for section entitled "Sectio III. De Musica Hieroglyphica" (of Class. VII.
Mathematica Hieroglyphica)
Kinner, Cyprian
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kinner, Cyprian, 20 February 1648, Sheffield, Hartlib Papers.
Call Number: Hartlib Papers 1/33/31B
Notes: From Hartlib Papers CD ROM
2. ———. Letter to Kinner, Cyprian, 7 November 1648, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek.
Call Number: HAB Cod. Guelf. 10.5. Aug. 2o, ff. 207r-208r
Notes: Published in Richard van Dülmen, Ein unbekannter Brief von Athanasius Kircher. Studia
Leibnitiana. 1972; 4: pp. 141-145. Copy.
3. ———. Letter to Kinner, Cyprian, 7 November 1648, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 350.1
Notes: .Cited in Fletcher, Athanasius Kircher und seine Bezeihungen, p. 154.
Kinner von Löwenthurm, Godefrid Alois
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kinner von Löwenthurm, Godefrid Alois, 7 August 1661, Published in G.
Schott, Organum mathematicum, Würzburg, 1668, pp. 57-64.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 158.
Kircher, Athanasius
1. Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi). Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 19 June 1639, Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Obelisci Argyptiaci nuper inter Isaei Romani rudera effossi Interpretatio Hieroglyphica,
Rome: Varersi, 1666, p. 126. Original letter is in APUG 556 ff. 15r-16v.
Notes: Copy used BAV Chigi.I.517 (presentation copy with elaborate gilded red-leather binding
bearing Chigi arms)
2. Alexander VII, Pope Fabio Chigi. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 14 February 1648, Rome, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi a. I 45, ff. 164r-165v
Notes: Cit. in Cygan "Valerianus Magni Vita Prima.." p.266. Worth consulting
3. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 29 May 1648, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi a. I. 45, f. 187v
Notes: Draft. Consulted 16/5/1995
4. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 24 February 1651, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi A. I. 8, f. 163r
Notes: Minutes. Original in APUG 556 ff. 43r-44v
5. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1 April 1651, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi A. I. 8, f. 172rv
Notes: Minutes. Original in APUG 556 ff. 37r-38v
6. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 24 June 1651, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Chigi A. I. 8, f. 193rv
Notes: Minutes. Original in APUG 556 f. 47rv
7. August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, January 1651, Wolfenbüttel,
Herzog August Bibliothek - Bibliotheksarchiv.
Call Number: HAB BA n. 352
Notes: Copy. Cited in Fletcher "Kircher and Duke August..."p. 284
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8. Brouzet, Louis. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 28 December 1632, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 477 - 479 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin, transl. from French. Accompanied by engraving of two sarcophagi. The original
ms. does not appear to be in APUG
9. Burattini, Tito Livio. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 September 1652, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 303 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
10. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3
Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), pp.
399-401 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Italian.
11. Chappuius, Ioannes. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 February 1645, Published in Ars Magna Lucis et
Umbrae (1646) p. 883.
12. Charpentier, François. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 October 1648, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 6262, f.30rv
13. Coninck, Juan Ramón de. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 20 July 1653, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.3, f.431r
Notes: Copy, excerpt. Original letter in APUG 567 135r-136v.
14. Dal Pozzo, Cassiano. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 28 November 1647, Montpellier, Ecole de Médicine.
Call Number: H270 f. 295rv
Notes: Cit. Anna Nicolo, Il Carteggio di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Catalogo, Florence: Olschki, 1991,
p. 8
15. Friedrich III, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1 August 1655, Published
in J.P. von Ludewig "Reliquiae manuscriptorum omnis aevi diplomatum..., Frankfurt 1720-1741,
V. pp. 391-392.
Call Number: BL 182.a.8
16. Gassendi, Pierre. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 2 August 1633, Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi
Diniensis, Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris
EPISTOLAE, Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson, 1658. Tom. 6, p. 58.
17. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 5 July 1640, Published in Gassendi, Petri Gassendi Diniensis,
Ecclesiae Praepositi, et in Academia Parisiensi Matheseos, Regii Professoris EPISTOLAE,
Lugduni: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson, 1658. Tom. 6, pp. 98-99.
Notes: An excerpt of this letter was previously published in Athanasius Kircher, Magnes, Rome:
Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 481-3. The original ms. seems to have been lost.
18. Grandami, Jacques. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, undated (9 May 1640), Published excerpt in
Athanasius Kircher, Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 473-4.
Notes: Latin
19. Hevelius, Johan. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 12 March 1650, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs, C.1.2, f.161rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph. Copy of APUG 557 342r343v?
20. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 7 October 1652, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.2, f.318r319r.
Notes: Latin, Autograph. Copy of Apug 568, 120r.121v?
21. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, April 1654, Paris, Observatoire.
Call Number: Obs., C.1.3, f.422r-423r.
Notes: no corresponding copy in APUG.
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22. Kinner, Cyprian. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 20 May 1648, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Sloane ms. 649 ff. 17r-18r
Notes: Transcribed by Nick Wilding. Other letters from Kinner to Hartlib and others in same vol.
Answer to Kircher - Kinner 7 Nov. 1648 (check dates) publ. in Dülmen. There is another copy of
this letter in the Hartlib papers, 1/33/36A
23. Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 3 April 1660, Published on third
page of Kircher's Polygraphia Universalis.
24. Marci of Kronland, Jan Marcus. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 19 August 1666, Yale University Library,
Beinicke Rare Book Room.
Call Number: Beinicke Rare Book Room ms. 408
Notes: Bound with Voynich manuscript
25. Martini, Martino. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1638, Published excerpt in Athanasius Kircher, Magnes,
Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 433-435.
26. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, undated (6 February 1639), Published excerpt in Athanasius
Kircher, Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 436.
27. Maurus, Petrus. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Magnes, Rome:
Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 502-503.
Notes: Copy used BAV Barberini M.III.33. No corresponding letter appears to be in APUG.
28. Mersenne, Marin. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, undated, Published excerpt in Athanasius Kircher,
Magnes, Rome: Ludovico Grignani, 1641, pp. 473.
Notes: Latin
29. Nardi, Giovanni. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 13 February 1651, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 348-9 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: The date does not appear to correspond to any of the letters from Nardi conserved in
APUG
30. Nicusio, Panaioti. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 June 1654, Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), pp. 305-6 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Italian
31. Reniger, Simon. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 15 June 1654, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), pp. 304-5 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
32. Scheiner, Christoph. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 16 July 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 car. 227t
Notes: See excerpt in Galileo "Opere" XV p.184
33. Severino, Marco Aurelio. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 1 October 1649, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 66 (LXXIV-3-12) f. 240rv
Notes: Minutes. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi. La
Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 153 and V. Ducceschi,
"L'Epistolario di Marco Aurelio Severino (1580-1656)", Rivista di storia delle scienze mediche e
naturali III, 14, 1923, pp. 213-223.
34. ———. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, 12 December 1652, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 66 (LXXIV-3-12) f. 241r-242r
Notes: Minutes. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi. La
Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 153 and V. Ducceschi,
"L'Epistolario di Marco Aurelio Severino (1580-1656)", Rivista di storia delle scienze mediche e
naturali III, 14, 1923, pp. 213-223.
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35. Viviani, Vincenzo. Letter to Kircher, Athanasius, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 157, f.118
Notes: Italian
Kuhlmann, Quirinus
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Kuhlmann, Quirinus, 8 February 1674, Published in Q. Kuhlmann,
Epistola de arte magna sciendi sive combinatoria, [Amsterdam?], 1674, Epistolae duae,
Leyden, 1674 and 1675, AZ! Kircheriana de arte magna sciendi sive combinatoria, London,
1681. Responsoria, London 1681.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 158.
2. ———. Letter to Kuhlmann, Quirinus, 8 February 1674, Published in Q. Kuhlmann, Epistolae duae,
Leyden, 1674 and 1675, AZ! Kircheriana de arte magna sciendi sive combinatoria, London,
1681. Responsoria, London 1681.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und..., p. 158.
La Mare, Philibert de
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to La Mare, Philibert de, 2 March 1654, Dijon, Bibliothèque Municipale.
Call Number: Ms. 844
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154
Landucci, Ambrosio, Bishop
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Landucci, Ambrosio Bishop, undated (c, 1663), Florence, Biblioteca
Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Aut. Pal. IV 49-51
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154
Langenmantel, Hieronymus Ambrosius
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Langenmantel, Hieronymus Ambrosius, 18 February 1660, Published in
Langenmantel, Hieronymo Ambrosio (ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii
Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri in Mathematicis et Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi,
Complectentium Materias PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies,
Eruditos atque Excellentissimos Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D.
Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam Illustrem Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad
Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in publiam lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio
Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. & Can. Insig. respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta
Vindelicorus: Typis Utzschneiderianis; M.DC.LXXXIV.
Call Number: BL 1165.b.15.
Notes: 25 letters.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 23 June 1670, Göttingen, Niedersächsische
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Cod. Philos. 138 m. VI.56
Notes: Published in Leibniz, Philosophischer Briefwechsel herausgeben von der Akademie der
Wissenschaften der DDR, Erster Band, 1663-1685. Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1987. pp. 48-49
Leopold Ignaz, Archduke of Austria
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Leopold Ignaz, Archduke of Austria, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 257 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma IV. Obeliscus Sallustius, sive Ludovisius.
Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria
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1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, n.d., Published in Athanasius
Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi,
1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 79 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedication of Syntagma I. Mensa Isiaca, sive Tabula Bembina.
2. ———. Letter to Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, undated, Published in P. Lambeck,
Commentariorum de augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vindobonensi liber primus, Vienna,
1665, I, 90-91. Hannover, 1712, I, 90-91.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
Lippay, Georg
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Lippay, Georg, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus II
Pars Altera (1653), p. 279 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis VIII. Mechanica sive architectonica.
Lubienietzki, Stanislas
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Lubienietzki, Stanislas, 8 May 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki,
Theatrum cometicum, Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 750-761.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
2. ———. Letter to Lubienietzki, Stanislas, 25 July 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum
cometicum, Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 754-755, J.E. Olhoff, Excerpta, p. 107.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
Maffei, Raffaello
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 26 November 1661, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 187rv
2. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 24 February 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 185r-186v
Notes: Cit. Findlen, Scientific spectacle ...Italian, Autograph. Consulted 22.6.1999
3. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 12 April 1662, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 182r-183v
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Cit. Findlen, Scientific spectacle .... Consulted 22.6.1999
4. ———. Letter to Maffei, Raffaello, 27 July 1664, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 184r
Notes: Italian, Autograph. Consulted 22.6.1999
Medici, Giancarlo de'
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Medici, Giancarlo de', n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 347 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma X. OBELISCUS FLORENTINUS
Medici, Giovanni Carlo de'
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Medici, Giovanni Carlo de', 16 April 1661, Florence, Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: ASF Med, 5338, f.1
Medici, Leopoldo de'
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 29 January 1650, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale
Centrale.
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Call Number: BNCF: Ms. Gal. 275 f.23
Notes: Consulted 2/5/1995. Check also Mirto, Alfonso. Le lettere di Athanasius Kircher della
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze. Atti Mem. Accad. Toscana Sci. Lett. Colombaria.
1989; Vol. 54(n. s. 40): pp. 129-165 for this and other letters in Florence
2. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 31 May 1655, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Aut. Pal. II. 70
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154. Copy in Aut. Pal. IV. 40
3. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 21 June 1663, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 276, f.201
Notes: Printed in Mirto, pp.142-3
4. ———. Letter to Medici, Leopoldo de', 3 December 1667, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 278 ff.103r-v
Notes: Consulted 4/5/1995. See transcription in Kircher file. There is a copy (sketch) of this
letter in APUG 564 f. 138r
5. ———. Letter to Medici, Matthias de' and Medici, Leopoldo de', n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), pp. 317 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma VII. Obelisci Minores et sunt Monticaelius,
Mediceus, Mahutaeus.
Medici, Matthias de'
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Medici, Matthias de' and Medici, Leopoldo de', n.d., Published in
Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis
Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), pp. 317 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma VII. Obelisci Minores et sunt Monticaelius,
Mediceus, Mahutaeus.
Mersenne, Marin
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Mersenne, Marin, 10 March 1648, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 6204, f. 105
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154
Monrad, Johan
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Monrad, Johan, 12 February 1675, Leipzig, Karl-MarxUniversitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Rep. IV. 47
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 154. Copy in Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg
2. ———. Letter to Monrad, Johan, 12 February 1675, Published in C.E. Jordan, Recueil de literature, de
philosophie et d'histoire, Amsterdam, 1730, pp. 141-143. C. Giessing, Nye samling af danske,
norske og islandske iubel-laere, Copenhagen, 1779-1786, III i 224.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
Moretus, Theodorus
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 12 March 1634, Prague, National Library at the
Clementinum.
Call Number: VI B 12b f. 73rv
Notes: Consulted 10 August 2000
2. ———. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 1 February 1642, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.
Call Number: VI B 12b f. 144rv
Notes: Consulted 10 August 2000
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3. ———. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 19 February 1642, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.
Call Number: VI B 12b f. 219rv
Notes: Consulted 10 August 2000
Nádasdy, Ferenc von
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Nádasdy, Ferenc von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 530 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XX. De Lucernis Veterem Aegyptiorum.
Nicaise, Claude?
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Nicaise, Claude, 14 March 1676, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Autografi Ferrajoli. Raccolta prima, VI, f. 188rv
Notes: Latin, autograph. Ref. from Paolo Vian, ed., La "Raccolta Prima" degli Autografi Ferrajoli,
Introduzione, inventario e indice, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1990.
Consulted 22.6.1999
Nihus, Barthold
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Nihus, Barthold, 9 November 1647, Published in L. Allacci, [Greek] sive
opusculorum graecorum et latinorum vetustiorum ac recentiorum libri duo, ed. B. Nihus,
Cologne, 1653, I 237-238. Venice 1733, I 51-52.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
2. ———. Letter to Nihus, Barthold, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom.
(in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III (1654), p. 518 (Copy
used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XIX. De Amuletis, & Periaptis, coeterisque portatilibus
Icunculis, quibus Aegyptij utebantur.
Oliva, Giovanni Paolo
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Oliva, Giovanni Paolo, 5 May 1672, Rome, Archivum Romanum Societatis
Iesu.
Call Number: ARSI Rom. 38 ff. 172-189? [Wrong]
Notes: Published in R. Garrucci "Origini"
Paullini, Christian Franz
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Paullini, Christian Franz, 4 February 1679, Published in C.F. Paullini,
Disquisitio curiosa an mors naturalis plerumque sit substantia verminosa, Frankfurt, 1703, pp.
181-182.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
2. ———. Letter to Paullini, Christian Franz, undated (c. 1675), Published in C.F. Paullini, Cynographia
curiosa seu canis descriptio, Nuremberg, 1685. Prefatory material, no. 1 of "Vota et censurae
aliorum excellentium virorum".
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 158.
Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 14 November 1633, Paris,
Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 ff. 230r-232v
Notes: Autograph, Latin, damaged, sometimes illegible.
2. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 8 February 1635, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9362 ff. 13-16
Notes: Copy of BN NAF 5173 ff. 25r-27v
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3. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 8 February 1635, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 5173 ff. 25r-27v.
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Copy at BN FF 9362, ff.13r-16r
4. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 3 December 1636, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f. 236r-238v
Notes: Autograph, Latin & Arabic.
5. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 22 December 1636, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f.239rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph
6. ———. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 7 January 1637, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f.240rv
Notes: Latin, Autograph
7. Kircher, Athanasius, and Christoph Scheiner. Letter to Peiresc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 1 December
1633, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f.234r-v
Notes: Consulted 23/6/1995. Microfilm (illegible): 5016
Pereisc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Pereisc, Nicholas Claude Fabri de, 9 August 1633, Paris, Bibliothèque
Nationale.
Call Number: BN FF 9538 f. 227r-228v
Notes: Consulted BN 22/6/1995 (microfilm)
Rapaccioli, Francesco Angelo
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Rapaccioli, Francesco Angelo, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus III (1654), p. 367 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XI. Obelisci Rasi qui sunt Exquilinus,et Vaticanus.
Redi, Francesco
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Redi, Francesco, 27 October 1668, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea
Laurentiana.
Call Number: Laur. Redi 224 f. 215
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
2. ———. Letter to Redi, Francesco, 12 December 1671?, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurentiana.
Call Number: Laur. Redi 224 f. 216
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155. Check date
3. ———. Letter to Redi, Francesco, 29 June 1675?, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurentiana.
Call Number: Laur. Redi 203 f. 289
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155. Check date
Rhodius, Johann
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Rhodius, Johann, 16 June 1642, Published in T. Bartholinus, De armillis
veterum schedion. Accessit O. Wormii de Aureo Cornu Danico ad Licetum responsio,
Amsterdam, 1676, II, 29-31.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
2. ———. Letter to Rhodius, Johann, 27 August 1650, Published in Fortuno Liceti, De lucernis antiquorum
reconditis libri quatuor, Utini, 1652, VI. 1252-1254.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
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Sachs von Löwenheim, Philipp Jakob
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Sachs von Löwenheim, Philipp Jakob, 6 February 1672, Published in J.D.
Major, Memoria Sachsiana, Leipzig, 1675, pp. 39-40.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de, 9 November 1676, Published in G.
de Varadier de Saint-Andiol, Juvenilia, Arles, 1679, pp. 349-350.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
2. ———. Letter to Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de, 7 December 1676, Published in G. de Varadier
de Saint-Andiol, Juvenilia, Arles, 1679, pp. 351-353.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
3. ———. Letter to Saint-Andiol, Gaspard de Varadier de, undated (after February 1677), Published in G.
de Varadier de Saint-Andiol, Juvenilia, Arles, 1679, pp. 354-355.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
Schenk, Joseph Theodor
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Schenk, Joseph Theodor, undated (c. 1668), Published in J.F. Heckel,
Manipulus primus epistolarum singularium, Plauen, 1695, pp. 115-116.
Notes: From Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159.
Schönborn, Johann Philipp von
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Schönborn, Johann Philipp von, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher,
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654,
Tomus II Pars Altera (1653), p. 345 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Classis IX. Iatrica, sive Medicina Hieroglyphica.
Schott, Gaspar
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 22 March 1654, Published in Schott, Gaspar. Mechanica
hydraulico-pneumatica.. Würzburg; 1657, pp. 312-313.
2. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 26 February 1656, Published in Schott, Gaspar. Mechanica
hydraulico-pneumatica.. Würzburg; 1657, pp. 452-3.
3. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 25 March 1656, Published in Schott, Pantometrum Kircherianum,
Wuerzburg, 1660, Preface.
4. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 16 December 1662, Published in Schott, Technica curiosa sive
mirabilia artis, Nuremberg, 1664, p. 481.
5. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 7 January 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 764-765.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 159
6. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 31 January 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 764-765.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 159
7. ———. Letter to Schott, Gaspar, 21 February 1665, Published in S. Lubienietzki, Theatrum cometicum,
Amsterdam, 1668, 1666, I 764-765.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ...., p. 159
Schroeck, Lukas, the Elder
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1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Schroeck, Lukas the Elder, June 1668, Published in Langenmantel,
Hieronymo Ambrosio (ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri
in Mathematicis et Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi, Complectentium Materias
PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies, Eruditos atque Excellentissimos
Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D. Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam
Illustrem Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in
publiam lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. &
Can. Insig. respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta Vindelicorus: Typis
Utzschneiderianis; M.DC.LXXXIV, pp. 4-6.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159
Schroeck, Lukas, the Younger
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Schroeck, Lukas the Younger, 8 November 1670, Published in
Langenmantel, Hieronymo Ambrosio (ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii
Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri in Mathematicis et Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi,
Complectentium Materias PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies,
Eruditos atque Excellentissimos Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D.
Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam Illustrem Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad
Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in publiam lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio
Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. & Can. Insig. respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta
Vindelicorus: Typis Utzschneiderianis; M.DC.LXXXIV, pp. 7-25.
Notes: Ten letters. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159
Segni, Alessandro
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 20 January 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 2r
Notes: Italian. BL Add 22,804: numbered by letter rather than folio. Title: Lettere XVII Italiane
scritte ad Alessandro Segni ed una di Elio Loreti al sudetto. 4to. 1677 & 1678 on paper.
2. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 30 January 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 3r
Notes: Italian
3. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 6 February 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 4r
Notes: Italian
4. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 13 February 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 5r
Notes: Italian
5. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 28 February 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 6r
Notes: Italian
6. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 27 March 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 7r
Notes: Italian
7. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 1 May 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 9r
Notes: Italian
8. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 20 June 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 10r
Notes: Italian
9. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 25 June 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 11r
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Notes: Italian
10. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 17 July 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 12r
Notes: Italian
11. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 21 August 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 13r
Notes: Italian
12. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 14 September 1677, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 14r
Notes: Italian, poor hand.
13. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 27 March 1678, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 16r
Notes: Italian
14. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, undated, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 17r
Notes: Italian
15. ———. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, undated (late December 1677?), London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 15r
Notes: Italian, poor hand.
16. Kircher, Athanasius, and Elio Loreto. Letter to Segni, Alessandro, 17 April 1678, London, British Library.
Call Number: BL Add. Ms. 22,804, f. 18r
Notes: Italian
Severino, Marco Aurelio
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Severino, Marco Aurelio, 17 November 1649, Rome, Biblioteca
Lancisiana.
Call Number: 13 (LXXIV-1-13), f. 339
Notes: Autograph, Latin and Greek. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria
Lancisi. La Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 151
2. ———. Letter to Severino, Marco Aurelio, 24 November 1652, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 11 (LXXIV-1-11) f. 47r
Notes: Autograph, Italian. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi.
La Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 151. Consulted 28 June
1999.
3. ———. Letter to Severino, Marco Aurelio, 6 June 1654, Rome, Biblioteca Lancisiana.
Call Number: 11 (LXXIV-1-11) f. 48r
Notes: Autograph, Italian. From Kristeller. See also Pietro de Angelis, Giovanni Maria Lancisi.
La Biblioteca Lancisiana, L'Accademia Lancisiana, Rome, 1965, p. 151. Consulted 28 June
1999.
Siffredy, Barthomolmé
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to De Cambis, Jean, D'Orsan, De Langes, Siffredy, Barthomolmé, and
Carre, Pierre, 10 May 1633, Published in Athanasius Kircher, Primitiae Gnomomicae
Catoptricae, Avignon: I. Piot; 1635, following titlepage (pp. non-num.).
Notes: Dedication of work. Copy consulted: BAV Barberini.N.III.17
Spada, Bernardino
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Spada, Bernardino, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
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(1654), p. 453 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Dedicatory letter for Syntagma XV. De Sphyngibus Niloticis.
Spizel, Gottlieb
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Spizel, Gottlieb, 11 July 1671, Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek.
Call Number: 2o Cod. Aug. 408 fol. 171-172
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
2. ———. Letter to Spizel, Gottlieb, undated (after 1671), Published in Langenmantel, Hieronymo
Ambrosio (ed ). Fasciculus Epistolarum Adm. R. P. Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Jesu, Viri in
Mathematicis et Variorum Idiomatum Scientiis Celebratissimi, Complectentium Materias
PhilosophicoMathematicoMedicas; Exartatae sunt Ad Nobilies, Eruditos atque Excellentissimos
Viros, D.D. Lucas Schrökios, Seniorem & Juniorem. D. Hieronymum Velschium, Trigam
Illustrem Medicorum, D. Ankelium, Theophilum Spizelium, & ad Autorem ipsum. Nunc primò in
publiam lucem prodiére Accurante A. R. D. Hieronymo Ambrosio Langenmantelio, Patr. Aug. &
Can. Insig. respectivè Eccles. S. Mauritii & S. Petri. Augusta Vindelicorus: Typis
Utzschneiderianis; M.DC.LXXXIV, pp. 6-7.
Notes: Langenmantel prints this letter again at pp. 91-92, giving as the recipient Georg
Hieronymus Welsch and the date 17 February 1660. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 159
Suarés, Joseph-Marie
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Suarés, Joseph-Marie, n.d., Published in Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, 3 Tom. (in 4 vols.), Rome: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652-1654, Tomus III
(1654), p. 338 (Copy used: BAV Chigi.S.91).
Notes: Latin. Dedicatory letter for Syntagma IX. Obeliscus Alexandrinus.
Suáres, Joseph Marie
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Suáres, Joseph Marie, 6 December 1673, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 87r
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Consulted 22.6.1999
2. ———. Letter to Suáres, Joseph Marie, undated, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 88r-92r.
Notes: Last lines and signature of letter autograph. Latin, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew. Consulted
22.6.1999
3. Kircher, Athanasius, and unidentified hand. Letter to Suáres, Joseph Marie, 1672, Rome, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 84r-85v
Notes: Autograph, Latin. Consulted 22.6.1999
to be checked
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to to be checked, 1640, Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Dibner
Library.
Call Number: ms. 783 A.
Notes: Latin, from Kristeller, Iter Italicum. See Manuscripts of the Dibner collection in the Dibner
Library of the History of Science and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries,
Washington D.C., 1985, p. 5, no. 60
2. ———. Letter to to be checked, 1654, Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet, Tyske Kancellis Udenrigs-Afdeling,
almindelig del, 3: Diverse sager vedrørende hele tiden til 1770, nr. 56-59. Breve fra
udenlandske universitetre og "Laerde maend" ca. 1530-1690.
Call Number: 14/1 etc.
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter Italicum. Many of the letters published in Andreas Schumacher,
Gelehrter Maenner Briefe an die Koenige von Daenemark, vom Jahre 1522 bis 1663, 3 parts,
Copenhagen and Leipzig, 1758-59.
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3. ———. Letter to to be checked, 1662, Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati.
Call Number: Autografi Porri, busta 5, no. 86
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum.
4. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Forlì, Biblioteca Comunale.
Call Number: Autografi Piancastelli, 1214
Notes: 2 letters, cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum
5. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Siena, Biblioteca Comunale.
Call Number: K XI 53
Notes: Includes letters from Kircher. Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum.
6. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAF 20952 f. 167
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter italicum
7. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Stiftung Preussischer
Kulturbesitz.
Call Number: Depot Breslau 17
Notes: From Kristeller, Iter italicum
8. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Stiftung Preussischer
Kulturbesitz.
Call Number: Autographensammlung Darmstaedter, exact shelf mark to be checked
Notes: From Kristeller, Iter italicum
9. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Supellex
Epistolica.
Call Number: Sup. ep. 4; 13; 26
Notes: 3 letters. From Kristeller, Iter italicum
10. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Florence, Archivio di Stato.
Call Number: Archivio Mediceo del Principato
Notes: Cited in Kristeller, Iter, V, p. 546a.
11. ———. Letter to to be checked, to be checked, Prague, Strahov monastery.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Information provided by Rene Zandbergen
Tylkowski, Alberty
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Tylkowski, Alberty, 23 November 1672, Published in A Tylkowski,
Philosophia curiosa seu universa Aristotelis philosophia, Prague, 1680, Preface.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 160
unknown
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to unknown, 9 May 1666, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Call Number: BAV Vat. Lat. 9064 f. 83r
Notes: Autograph, Italian. Consulted 22.6.1999
2. ———. Letter to unknown, 30 May 1672, Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek - Carl von
Ossietzky.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156.
3. ———. Letter to unknown, 17 September 1673, Edinburgh, University Library.
Call Number: La II 653/42
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
4. ———. Letter to unknown, 15 June 1675, Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und
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Universitätsbibliothek.
Call Number: Cod. Philos. 138 m. II 31
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156.
5. ———. Letter to unknown, 31 December 1678, Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum.
Call Number: Kircher, A. 1678
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
6. ———. Letter to unknown, undated, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Call Number: BN NAL 1520, f.47r.
Notes: Autograph, Latin, damaged.
unknown (Leopoldo de' Medici?)
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to unknown (Leopoldo de' Medici), March 1641-31 October 1641, Florence,
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF, Aut. Pal. IV, 41-53
Notes: Sixteen letters. Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 156.
Vegelin van Claesbergen, Philip Ernst
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Vegelin van Claesbergen, Philip Ernst, September 1671, Leeuwarden,
Rijksarchief in Friesland.
Call Number: Archives of "Familie Vegelin van Claerbergen" no. 67
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Viviani, Vincenzo
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Viviani, Vincenzo, 16 April 1661, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Call Number: BNCF Ms. Gal. 161, f.312
Voit von Salzburg, Melchior Otto, Prince bishop
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Voit von Salzburg, Melchior Otto Prince bishop, 2 May 1646, Bamberg,
Staatsbibliothek.
Call Number: Mss. misc. 70/20d
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
Wiegand, Melchior
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Wiegand, Melchior, 7 December 1664, Fulda, Hessische
Landesbibliothek.
Call Number: Ser. B. VIII.8
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
2. ———. Letter to Wiegand, Melchior, 7 December 1664, Published in N. Seng, transl., Selbstbiographie
des P. Athanasius Kircher, Fulda, 1901, pp. 67-68.
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 160
Witzel, Konrad
1. Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Witzel, Konrad, January 1664-31 January 1664, Geisa (Rhön),
Pfarrarchiv.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
2. ———. Letter to Witzel, Konrad, 7 May 1665, Geisa (Rhön), Pfarrarchiv.
Call Number: to be checked
Notes: Cit. Fletcher, AK und ..., p. 155.
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