Silent messengers : the circulation of material objects of knowledge in the early modern low countries /

This book speaks about a world of mute objects ranging from plant bulbs, divining rods and archeological findings to drawn, painted or printed images. It describes the functions of these objects as ambiguous and polyvalent carriers of knowledge, and analyzes the ways in which networks of scholars, c...

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Other Authors:	Dupré, Sven, 1975-, Lüthy, Christoph Herbert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : Lit ; [2011]
Series:	Low countries studies on the circulation of natural knowledge ; v.1.
Subjects:	Material culture > Benelux countries.