Between Faith and Knowledge. Prince Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł’s Interest in Nature and Medicine Cover Image

Między wiarą a wiedzą. Zainteresowanie księcia Hieronima Floriana Radziwiłła naturą i medycyną
Between Faith and Knowledge. Prince Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł’s Interest in Nature and Medicine

Author(s): Katarzyna Brzezina-Scheuerer
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Health and medicine and law, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł; collections (collection of natural objects); cabinet of curiosities; medicine; interest in nature;

Summary/Abstract: Without a doubt, prince Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł (1715–1760) belonged to a group of the most picturesque personalities of the north-eastern territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the present article, an attempt has been made to present in more detail the collection of natural objects gathered by Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł which constituted, at least in part, a fragment of his wider collection of cabinet of curiosities; an attempt has also been made to present the prince’s interest in topics associated with medicine.

  • Issue Year: 46/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 89-107
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish