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The Garden, The Ark, The Tower, The Temple:
biblical metaphors of knowledge in early modern Europe

Catalogue by Jim Bennett and Scott Mandelbrote

Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held in the Bodleian Library Exhibitions Room, 2nd February to 2nd May, 1998.

Website by Jessica Ratcliff

Catalogue Information:

Published in the United Kingdom by the
Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford,
in association with the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

First published in March, 1998 © 1998, Jim Bennett and Scott Mandelbrote (text)
© 1998, Museum of the History of Science (figures 20 and 43)
© 1998, Bodleian Library (remaining figures)

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.
Cataloguing note: there is no ‘and’ in the title of this book, real or implied.

ISBN 0 – 903364 – 09 – 3
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be stored, reproduced, or transmitted,
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher.

The publication of this catalogue was made possible by the support of
the Foundation for Intellectual History.

Thanks to: Ashmolean Museum, Edward Adcock, Norma Aubertin-Potter, Paola Bertucci, Constance Blackwell, Reg Carr, Nick Cistone, Koenraad Van Cleempoel, Codrington Library, Joanna Dodsworth, Sam Eidenow, Clare Griffiths, William Hodges, Clive Hurst, Stephen Johnston, Dana Josephson, Dot Little, Martin Lonsdale, Giles Mandelbrote, Ilaria Meliconi, Jackie Merralls, Simon Pulleyn, University Museum of Natural History, Charles Webster, Frances Willmoth.

Ark and Temple sections, descriptions of portraits, instruments, and other objects are written by Jim Bennett; Bibles, Hartlib, Garden, Tower, Hartlib Circle and Biblical Criticism sections by Scott Mandelbrote; Introduction jointly.

Catalogue design and production and figure captioning by Giles Hudson
Photography: Bodleian Library Photographic Studio and Giles Hudson

 
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