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On 15 October 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening of Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary\u2019s Perspective<\/em>, an exhibition spotlighting an outstanding Croatian theologian, philosopher and scholar at the turn of the 17th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jointly organised by the Library, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts<\/a> (HAZU) and Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome in Rome<\/a> as part of the Academy\u2019s project aimed at the popularisation of Croatian cultural heritage (Upoznajmo hrvatsku znanstvenu ba\u0161tinu<\/a><\/em>), the exhibition, which is taking place as part of the 2024 European Heritage Days<\/a><\/em> programme, will remain on view by 29 October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The achievements of the Dalmatian visionary presented through multimedia and digital content<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Authored by the Senior Research Associate at the Division for the History of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the HAZU Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science<\/a> Dr Marijana Bori\u0107, the exhibition is divided into three parts. While the first part gives a comprehensive overview of Dominis\u2019s life and work, the second features the reprints of his major published titles and the third the selected academic and popular resources on Dominis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wishing to bring closer to a wider audience, especially to younger visitors, Dominis\u2019s outstanding accomplishments, the exhibition programme features varied multimedia and interactive content, artwork inspired by Dominis and educational games thematising his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A visionary ahead of his time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Referred to by Goethe as a brilliant mathematician and physicist, Dominis was also mentioned in reports on the events at the English royal court between 1616 and 1622 by various emissaries to England. As a distinguished figure among the leading European intellectuals at the beginning of the 17th<\/sup> century, through his work he connected various regions of 17th<\/sup>-century Europe \u2013 his native Dalmatia, the Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia, Habsburg empire, the kingdom of England and Scotland, Venice and the Papal States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through his versatile oeuvre he has made a major contribution to both Croatia\u2019s and Europe\u2019s cultural and scientific heritage, stealing the march even on Galileo with some of his interpretations. He was a relentless reformer and seeker of truth as well as a skilled rhetoric, who tried to put across a message of peace through all his endeavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One exhibition, two anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Put on as a way of commemorating the 400th<\/sup> anniversary of Dominis\u2019s death, the exhibition also marks the 130th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection<\/a>, established in 1894 as the oldest among the NSK collections<\/a> and holding a considerable number of Dominis\u2019s works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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De radiis visus et lucis in vitris perspectivis et iride<\/a><\/em>, the 1611 groundbreaking work by Marco Antonio de Dominis in the field of physics. NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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De Republica Ecclesiastica<\/a><\/em>, Marco Antonio de Dominis\u2019s masterpiece. NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition was opened by the National Library Affairs Assistant to the NSK Director General Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec, a Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Vjekoslav Jerolimov, the Head of the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection Dr Irena Gali\u0107 Be\u0161ker and the exhibition\u2019s author Dr Marijana Bori\u0107, upon whose addresses the present visitors could dive into the by all means remarkable life of this unforgotten Croatian genius through a screening of the Croatian Radio Television<\/a>\u2019s documentary series, held as part of the exhibition\u2019s opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Library Affairs Assistant to the NSK Director General Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec and Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Vjekoslav Jerolimov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Head of the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection Dr Irena Gali\u0107 Be\u0161ker and the exhibition\u2019s author Dr Marijana Bori\u0107.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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