The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
The Factual Sensibility
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Editions of this work: Periodical Title:Isis Publication Type:Journal Article Authors:Daston,Lorraine J.Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:1988 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:79 Issue:298 Start Page:452 End Page:467 Abstract:Reviews editors Oliver Impey and Arthur MacGregor's 'The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe' (1985), editor Arthur MacGregor's 'Tradescant's Rarities: Essays on the Foundation of the Ashmolean Museum, 1683' (1983), and R. F. Ovenell's 'The Ashmolean Museum, 1683-1894' (1986), with a discussion of the relation of things (typical or anomalous) to theory in the development of science. Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN:0021-1753 URL:
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