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Re: VMs: Kircher Museum (WAS: Jesuits scientists site, with a section on Marci...)



--- Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >        
>
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/sj/cj/cj5science.html
> 
> 	Here I read, speaking of the VMs:
> 
> > It once belonged to Athanasius Kircher
> > and for centuries had been on display in his
> museum, The Kircher Museum in Rome.

I once asked the author of the site ('Father Mac') 
about this, and he admitted that he probably
misremembered some source. Fairfield is close
to New Haven and he has seen the VMs and some
of the accompanying documents a couple of times.

Cheers, Rene

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