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The World of Worm: Physician, Professor, Antiquarian, and Collector, 1588-1654 book cover

1st Edition

The World of Worm: Physician, Professor, Antiquarian, and Collector, 1588-1654

By Ole Peter Grell Copyright 2022
286 Pages 1 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 1 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 1 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This monograph offers the first comprehensive treatment of the multi-faceted scholarly interests of Ole Worm, professor of medicine at the University of Copenhagen. Scholarship about Worm has focused mainly on Worm’s collecting and the creation of his cabinet of curiosity, the Museum Wormianum, resulting in Worm’s rationale for his research being largely overlooked. Worm shared his many interests... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Physician

    1. Physician to the nobility

    2. Forensic medicine

    3. Patients from Iceland and the Faroe Islands

    4. The interactions of Worm with other physicians

    5. The friendship with Henrik Køster and the treatment of the Elected-Prince

    6. Physician to King Christian IV

    7. Ole Worm’s health

    8. Epidemics

    9. Conclusion

Chapter 2: The Professor

    1. Early university career

    2. The Rosicrucians

    3. The Centenary of the Reformation

    4. Worm’s university career takes shape

    5. Professor of Medicine

    6. The Scholar

    7. The Teacher

    8. Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Antiquarian

    1. Runes and ancient monuments

    2. First works on runes

    3. International recognition and friendship with Sir Henry Spelman

    4. Runir and Monumenta Danica

      5.

    5. The Gold Horn

    6. The publication of De Aureo Cornu and the fall out with Henrik Ernst

    7. The significance of De Aureo Cornu for Ole Worm’s international reputation

    8. Conclusion

Chapter 4: The Collector

    1. Botanist and gardener

    2. From collector to creator of a cabinet of curiosity

    3. The friendship with Johannes de Laet

    4. The cabinet of curiosity takes shape

    5. The importance of the Fuiren and Bartholin nephews

    6. The influence of Athanasius Kircher and Cassiano dal Pozzo

    7. The influence of Isaac la Peyrére and other Frech intellectuals

    8. The importance of donors and objects from Iceland and Faroe Iles

    9. Other donors

    10. The cabinet of curiosity

    11. Inspirations for Worm’s museum history

    12. The museum history

    13. The publication of Museum Wormianum

      14.

    14. Conclusion

Biography

Ole Peter Grell is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the Open University, UK.

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