473609 Harmony of the Birth of the World (Harmonia Nascentis Mundi), illustration from \'Musurgia Universalis\', Vol.2, fol.366, by Athanasius Kircher, published in Rome, 1650 (engraving) by Italian School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harmony represented by the depiction of a cosmic organ with six registers corresponding to the six days of the creation of the world; under the organ\'s keyboard is printed the legend \'Sic ludit in orbe terrarum aeterna Dei Sapientia\' (\'Thus plays the wisdom of the Everlasting God in the earthly orb\'); the six scenes in circles show the creation of light, the seas, the earth and plants, the planets, animals and man; Athanasius Kircher (1602-80) German Jesuit scholar and polymath; his \'Musurgia Universalis\' is a seminal work of musicology, published in Rome in 2 volumes in 1650 and was very influential in the development of Western music, especially influencing J.S. Bach (1685-1750) and Beethoven (1770-1827);); Italian, out of copyright.