
- How
to display a flying dragon, from Johann Kestler, Physiologia Kircheriana
Experimentalis, p. 247
- Portrait
of Kircher at the age of 76 from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii
Musaeum Celeberrimum, p. 1
- Idealized
representation of Kircher, seated on a crocodile, composing his encyclopedic
works. Frontispiece of Giosefo Petrucci, Prodromo apologetico alli
studi chircheriani.
- Demonstration
that the tower of Babel could not have reached the moon, from Turris
Babel, p. 38
- Diagrams
of the different world systems, Ptolemaic, Platonic, Egyptian, Copernican,
Tychonic and semi-Tychonic from Iter Exstaticum (1671 ed.) p. 37
- Dedication
to Ferdinand III in Samaritan, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Tom. 1.
- Frontispiece,
from Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (1646 ed.)
- Hieroglyphic
obelisk erected to honour Honoratus Ioannis, from Principis Christiani
Archetypon Politicum, p. 235
- The
site of the conversion of St. Eustace, at the Mentorella in Lazio, from
Historia Eustachio-Mariana, frontispiece
- Kircher's
museum at the Collegio Romano, from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii
Musaeum Celeberrimum, frontispiece
- Amber-encased
lizard in Kircher's museum, from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 ed.),
vol. 2, p. 76
- The
magic lantern, from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum,
p. 39
- List
of Kircher's publications, from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii
Musaeum Celeberrimum, p. 61
- Frontispiece,
from Latium
- The
Nile mosaic, from Latium, p. 96
- Titlepage,
from Filippo Bonanni, Musaeum Kircherianum
- Idols
from the "Indies", in the restored museum of the Collegio Romano,
from Filippo Bonanni, Musaeum Kircherianum, p. 60
- Portrait
of Kircher, on the titlepage of Arcangelo Contuccio de Contucci, Musei
Kircheriani Aerea.
- Titlepage
of Kircher's first publication, Ars Magnesia
- Frontispiece
of Kircher'sbook on magnetism, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica
(1641 ed.), book 3
- Illustration
of the heliocentric cosmos, accompanying Kircher's refutation of the views
of Kepler, from Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 487
- Frontispiece
to Kircher's Iter Exstaticum depicting Kircher acoompanied by the angel
Cosmiel on a journey through the cosmos.
- The
sunflower clock, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica
(1643 ed.), p. 644.
- Instrument
for measuring magnetic inclination, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De
Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 364.
- Table
of magnetic inclination measurements, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De
Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 368.
- Table
of magnetic decliation measurements, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De
Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 401.
- The
world is bound in secret knots, from Kircher, Magneticum Naturae Regnum
frontispiece
- Eruption
of Vesuvius in 1638, witnessed by Kircher, from Mundus Subterraneus,
1678 edn., Vol. 1.
- Detail
from titlepage of Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 1
- System
of subterranean fires from Mundus Subterraneus (1678 edn.) vol.
1, p. 194
- Kircher's
system of springs, rivers and seas from Mundus Subterraneus (1665
edn.) vol. 1, p. 233
- The
origin of hot and cold springs from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.)
vol. 1, p. 257
- Geometrical
mineral formations from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2,
pp. 28-9
- Fossil
of a fish from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 35
- Stone
with image of an owl from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol.
2, p. 32
- Image
of Christ found in a stone from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.)
vol. 2, p. 36
- A
"toad stone" from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol.
2, p. 51.
- The
subterranean "matrices of metals" from Mundus Subterraneus
(1678 edn.) vol. 2, p. 255.
- A
mining ventilator from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2,
p. 191.
- Titlepage
of Salomon de Blauenstein, Interpellatio Brevis ... Pro Lapide Philosophorum
Contra Antichymisticum Mundum Subterraneum (1667)
- Diagrams
taken from books by "false alchemists", from Mundus Subterraneus
(1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 293
- The
spagyrical furnace of the Collegio Romano, from Mundus Subterraneus
(1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 392
- Frontispiece
of Arithmologia, sive De Abditis Numerorum Mysteriis.
- The
twelve astrological houses according to the Egyptians, Greeks and Moderns,
from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p. 193.
- The
Wheel of Life and Death, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol.
2, p. 491.
- Amulets,
from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p. 448.
- Amulets
with magic squares, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p.
465.
- Symbolic
representation of the Egyptian cosmic system, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus,
tom. 2, vol. 1, p. 418.
- Prodigious
crosses that appeared on clothing and sheets following the eruption of
Vesuvius in 1660, from Diatribe de Prodigiosis Crucibus.
- Egyptian
speaking statue from the museum of Francesco Serra, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus,
Tom. 3, p. 488.
- Isis
and Osiris sacrificing, a pneumatic machine showing the fraudulence of
Egyptian temple magic, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica,
p. 245
- Dog-headed
Egyptian water clock, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Tom.2, vol. 2,
p. 340
- Multimammary
goddess, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p.
255
- The
altar of the gods, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica,
p. 247
- The
two-headed imperial eagle, vomiting copiously from the depths of its gullets,
and other vomiting machines, displayed in Kircher's museum, from Kaspar Schott,
Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 181
- A
magnetic Habsburg eagle. The Latin inscription around the eagle's feet
"Et Boreae et Austri-acus" is a play on words on words linking the
compass needle ("the needle of both North and South" to the house
of Austria ("Austri-acus"). From Magnes (1643 edn.), frontispiece.
- Universal
horoscope of the Society of Jesus. Composite sundial in the form of an
olive tree. When hung vertically, with pins placedat the nodes of the tree,
this allows the time in each Jesuit province to be read. The base of the tree
represents Rome. Additionally, the shadows of all the pins align to spell
"IHS", the logo of the Society of Jesus. From Ars Magna Lucis
et Umbrae, 1646, p. 553
- The
magnetic anemoscope that Kircher built in Malta, from Magnes, sive
de arte magnetica (1643 edn.), p. 322.
- Vomiting
fountain, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica,
p. 210.
-
Vomiting lobster, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica,
p. 181.
- The
catoptric theater. From Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (1671 ed.), p.
776
- Kircher's
reconstruction of the legendary sphere of Archimedes, imitating the motion
of the planets with the aid of magnets. From Magnes, sive de Arte Magnetica
(1643 ed.) p. 305
- The
magnetic oracle, from Magnes, sive de Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.)
p. 327
- Magnetic
cryptological machine , from Magnes, sive de Arte Magnetica (1643
ed.) p. 344
- Hydraulic
organ, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p.
428.
- Musurgical
ark , from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p. 184.
- Todini's
claviorganum , from Phonurgia nova, p. 168.
- Aeolian
harp , from Phonurgia nova, p. 144.
- The
tarantella, with dancing tarantulas, from Neue Hall und Thom-Kunst,
p. 145.
- Experiment
with five vibrating goblets, from Phonurgia nova, p. 191.
- The
harmony of the birth of the world, represented by a cosmic organ with
six registers, corresponding to the six days of creation, from Musurgia
universalis , vol.2, p. 366.
- The
Vitruvian theater, from Phonurgia nova, p. 74.
- Speaking
tubes connected to statues, from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2,
p. 303.
- The
horn of Alexander the Great, from Phonurgia nova, p. 132.
- Acoustic
devices , from Phonurgia nova, p. 160.
- Hydraulic
organ, from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p. 347
- Orpheus tuning
his lyre, with the subdued Cerberus at his feet, from Musurgia universalis,
book 3, frontispiece.
- An example
of musical cryptography, from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p.
362.
- Representation
of the sympathies between the microcosm and megacosm, or expressing the
signatures of the plants with the members of the human body, from Mundus
subterraneus (1665 edn.), vol. 2, p. 406.
- Tarantula
and the musical antidote to its poison, the tarantella, from Magnes,
sive de arte magnetica (1643 edn.), p. 763
- Man
preparing to attack cobras to remove the "snakestone", a magnetic
antidote to the poison of the snake, from China Illustrata, p. 81.
- Ferdinand
III from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1.
- Page
from the dictionary for composing texts in Kircher's universal language, from
Polygraphia nova, p. 20.
- Table
from the dictionary for translating Kircher's universal language back into
the vernaculars, from Polygraphia nova, p. 62.
- Symbols
denoting the conjungation of verbs in Kircher's universal language, Polygraphia
nova, p. 15
- Symbols
used in the Lullist combinatory system descirbed in Kircher's Great Art of
Knowing, from Ars Magna Sciendi, p. 162
- The
nine universal symbols in all possible combinations, from Ars Magna
Sciendi, p. 171.
- Portions
of Kircher's "new steganography", from Polygraphia Nova,
pp. 88-89
- Portions
of Kircher's "new steganography", from Polygraphia Nova,
pp. 88-89
- The
steganographic ark, from Polygraphia Nova, p. 130
- The
tower of Babel, from Turris Babel, p. 41.
- Harpocrates,
the Egyptian god of silence and secrecy, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus,
tom. 3, p. 590
- Frontispiece
depicting Adam Schall and Matteo Ricci holding a map of China, from China
Illustrata, frontispiece.
- Transcription
of the Sino-Syriac Monument, from China Illustrata , p. 12.
- Tartar
women and child, from China Illustrata , p. 69.
- Tibetans
worshipping idols, from China Illustrata , p. 72.
- The
principal deities of the Chinese, from China Illustrata , p. 137
- The
flying turtles of Henan, from China Illustrata , p. 205.
- The
origins of the Chinese characters according to Kircher, from China
Illustrata, p. 229.
- Local
Chinese costumes, from China Illustrata, p. 112.
- The
"polomie" fruit (jackfruit), from China Illustrata, p.
186.
- Tea
bush, from China Illustrata, p. 179.
- The
pyramids of Egypt from Gioseffo Petrucci, Prodromo apologetico alli
studi chiercheriani (1677), illustration reprinted from Sphinx Mystagoga.
- The
Coptic alphabet from Prodromus Coptus, p. 283.
- Frontispiece
of Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta.
- The
relocation of the Vatican obelisk carried out by Domenico Fontana for
Sixtus V, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 372.
- Frontispiece
of Obeliscus Pamphilius.
- Bernini's
design for the obelisk of the Minerva from Obelisci Aegyptiaci Interpretatio.
- The
wrapping of a mummy, from Sphinx mystagoga, p. 6.
- The
primeval forms of the Egyptian alphabet introduced by Thoth, from Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 47
- Kircher's
derivation of the letter 'M' from the hieroglyph for water whose phonetic
value he correctly gave as 'm', from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom.
3, p. 49
- Kircher's
translation of the Minervan obelisk. It begins "Hemphta the supreme
spirit and archetype infuses its virtue and gifts in the soul of the sidereal
world..." Obelisci Aegyptiaci, p. 78.
- Representation
of the God Typhon according to Apollodorus, with the ethical interpretation
of Synesius and the physical interpretation of Plutarch. Oedipus Aegyptiacus,
tom. 1, p. 221
- Diagram
of Kircher's Egyptian trinity from Obeliscus Pamphilius, p. 213
- The
Japanese deity Amida who, according to Kircher, corresponded to the Egyptian
deity Harpocrates,
from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1., p. 406.
- Representation
of the Christian interpretation of the Kabbalah, depicting the mystical
names of God, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 1, p. 287.
- Kabbalistic
speculations on the letter alef, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom.
2, vol. 1, p. 302.
- Image
from an Aztec scripture depicting the mythical founding of Mexico City,
from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 32.
- A
Mexican temple with Indians worshiping the Sun and Moon,
from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1, p. 422.
- Noah
offering a sacrifice to God after the Flood, from
Arcae Noe, p. 166.
- A
combinatory table showing the most ancient alphabets of the world,
from which it can be seen that all modern alphabets retain vestiges of the
ancient forms. From Turris Babel, p. 157.
- The
first page of one of Kircher's lists of authorities,
from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1.
- A
map of ancient Egypt with modern Egypt in inset, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus,
tom. 1, p.8.
- Egyptian
antiquities from Camopus in the collection of Francisco Gualdo. From Oedipus
Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p.435.
- Frontispiece
depicting Oedipus solving the riddle of the sphinx, from
Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1.
- Nature
as artist. Figures inscribed on stones, anthropomorphic landscape, and a portable
camera obscura from Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (1646 ed.) p. 806
- The
subterranean origin of tornadoes from Mundus subterraneus (1665
ed.) vol. 1, p. 205
- The
flood, from Arca Noe
- The
emperor of China, from China Illustrata, p. 112
- Philosophical
tree representing all branches of knowledge, from Ars Magna Sciendi,
p. 251.