Chapter Twelve. God, Scripture, And The Rise Of Modern Science (1200–1700): Notes In The Margin Of Harrison’S Hypothesis

Meer, Jitse M. van der; Oosterhoff, Richard J.

doi:10.1163/ej.9789004171916.i-782.82

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The Significance Of Beati’s Cosmic Section1

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“…Protestants could be as allegorical as Catholics (e.g. Thompson, 1996; van der Meer and Oosterhoff, 2009) and Catholics could be just as literal‐minded as Protestants (e.g. Blackwell, 1991; Howell, 2002, 2009).…”

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Jesuit Science After Galileo: The Cosmology of Gabriele Beati

Magruder¹

2009

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Gabriele Beati (1607–1673) taught mathematics at the Collegio Romano when in 1662 he published an introduction to astronomy, the Sphaera triplex. This little work contains an interesting cosmic section which is analyzed here as representing a fusion of Jesuit traditions in cosmology achieved by Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671). The cosmic section enumerates three heavens, depicts fluid planetary heavens, and expresses hexameral biblical idiom. Woodcut and engraved variants of the cosmic section offer a glimpse of Jesuit freedom to experiment with various cosmological systems (Capellan, Tychonic and semi‐Tychonic). Analysis of this cosmic section suggests several conclusions for the interpretation of visual representations, science and biblical interpretation, the Scientific Revolution and Jesuit science after Galileo.

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confidence: 99%