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Jesuit Iconography

As missionaries, scholars, teachers, authors, and members of learned academies, members of the Society of Jesus exerted great influence on the world of early modern European learning. Though such activities attracted critiques both thoughtful and scurrilous, the wide scope of Jesuit contributions to scholarship in fields from astronomy to zoology, from history to linguistics, invites re-examination. This online collection focuses on early modern Jesuit iconography pertaining to scholarship and travel, starting with selected items featured in the exhibit "Jesuits and the Construction of Knowledge, 1540–1773," hosted in the Department of Special Collection in the fall of 2011.

Jesuit Iconography

As missionaries, scholars, teachers, authors, and members of learned academies, members of the Society of Jesus exerted great influence on the world of early modern European learning. Though such activities attracted critiques both thoughtful and scurrilous, the wide scope of Jesuit contributions to scholarship in fields from astronomy to zoology…
Image Source: Engraved title page of Clavius' Gnominices

Jesuit Iconography Sample items in the collection

  • Chronologia and historia
  • Water fountain
  • Engraved title page of gnomonices
  • Of the various habits, manners, and customs of the men of those kingdoms, which were observ'd and drawn by the aforesaid Fathers, Albert Dorville, and Gruberus, as they pass'd through them
  • Engraved title page from clavius' in sphaeram joannis de sacro bosco commentarius
  • Vache marine
  • Kircheriana domus naturae artisq theatrum
  • Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex engraved title page
  • Engraved title page of iter extaticum coeleste
  • Dialist sandals
  • Carte de la province et des missions de la comp de jesus du nouveau roy de grenade
  • Civil architecture
  • Diagram of water descending
  • Engraved title page from Tacquet's "Opera mathematica"
  • Grimaldi's selenographia, 1651
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  • This compilation (including design, introductory text, organization, and descriptive material) is copyrighted by University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

    This copyright is independent of any copyright on specific items within the collection. Because the University of Wisconsin Libraries generally do not own the rights to materials in these collections, please consult copyright or ownership information provided with individual items.

    Images, text, or other content downloaded from the collection may be freely used for non-profit educational and research purposes, or any other use falling within the purview of "Fair Use".

    In all other cases, please consult the terms provided with the item, or contact the Libraries.

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