Musical Sympathy and Occult Knowledge
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In his treatise entitled Physico-mathematical thoughts, Mersenne includes a lengthy section on music, in which he explores musical harmony, instruments, tuning and temperaments. As both cleric and scientist, Mersenne prized music as an art reflective of mathematical perfection and divine order.
Author: Marin Mersenne
Title: Cogitata physico-mathematica [Physico-mathematical thoughts] (Paris, 1644)
Shelfmark: C.14.3
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