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Image 1. Frontispiece to Break down Worm's Museum Wormianum (Leiden: ). Engraving disrespect G Wingendorp; published by Isaac Elzevier. Refer to and lift of production: Leiden, Dimensions: height , width Inscriptions: Titled in negligent centre: "MUSEI / WORMIANI / HISTORIA / LUGD. BATAVORUM / EX OFFICINA ELSEVERIANIA / Acad. Typog: ". Fullstrength in sloppy right: "G. Wingendorp sc:". Source: BodleianLibrary, shelfmark Ashm. See Museum Wormianum online.
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Curiosity Cabinet of Ole Worm
engraving by Ole Worm
This frontispiece by Ole Worm titled Ole Worm’s Cabinet of Wonder: Natural Specimens and Wondrous Monsters is an engraving depicting various animal taxidermy, shells, and many other oddities. The piece was finished in and printed by G Wingendrop.
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[edit]| Ole Worm’s Cabinet of Wonder: Natural Specimens and Wondrous Monsters | |
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| Artist | Olaus Wormius |
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| Type | Print engraving |
| Medium | Paper |
| Dimensions | &#;cm ×&#;&#;cm (&#;in ×&#;&#;in) |
At the bottom center of this frontispiece is a tablet containing the title and publication information for the volume printed on shells and bones.&#;The title is situated within a room containing curiosities collected by Ole Worm in Copenhagen. The room includes items such as taxidermy, weapons, and unlabeled barrels. The assortment of the items in the piece points to the works title- Ole Worm's Cabinet of Wonder: Natural Specimens and Wondrous Monsters, as they are mostly natural specimens. This print displays a method of scientific inquiry called ‘proto-empiricism', a type of study of specific items grounded in sensory experience.[1] Items in the collection are objects of scientific inquiry that allow viewers to dive deeper int
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Collectioseum - A Museum of Wonders
Public museums are also a history of private collectors and collecting, as many of the world&#;s oldest museums began as the personal collections of wealthy individuals and families. Some of these collections became &#;cabinets of curiosities&#; (also known in German as wunderkammer or wonder-rooms), which became popular from the sixteenth century. The word &#;cabinet&#; originally meant a room rather than a piece of furniture. These collections were precursors of the modern museum, containing eclectic and exotic objects from around the world, obtained through the growing foreign trade market and the building of colonial empires. Many collectors sought to celebrate the glory and variety of God&#;s creation and the creative skill of man by collecting objects of beauty and wonder.
One of the most famous &#;cabinets of curiosities&#; was created by Ole Worm (), a Danish physician and polymath. Worm was born in Aarhus, Denmark, where his father served as mayor. Worm embarked on a &#;grand tour&#; of Europe in and visited many museums and collections. During this time, Worm began to collect objects of interest, and on his return, he continued collecting with other European collectors&#; help. Worm gathered various types of a