Mersenne translator of Bacon?
Mersenne translator of Bacon?
Author(s): Claudio BuccoliniSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Zeta Books
Keywords: Marin Mersenne; experimental science; Francis Bacon; French diff usion of Bacon’s works; the receptions of Bacon’s theories on sounds and music in France; French translation of Bacon’s works; Mersenne’s attitude towards Bacon
Summary/Abstract: Several scholars, such as Corneliis de Waard (1933) and Frances Amalia Yates (1947), have suggested that Marin Mersenne may have translate d some parts (or even the whole) of Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum. Th is supposed translation, into Latin, according to De Waard, or into French, according to Yates, has not yet come to light. This paper presents the identification of a partial French translation of Century II of the Sylva Sylvarum in a manuscript by Mersenne, written between 1626 and 1629. Th is partial translation was probably realized by Marin Mersenne himself, for his own use. It consists of a part of Sylva Sylvarum concerning sounds, the subject Mersenne was working on in that period.
Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 33-59
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
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