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Re/Albertus Seba
Albertus Seba: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Transcription by Milos Sejn at 19th July 2007, Down the Maple Brook / The Giant Mountains, Bohemia
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a vkláněn
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á aaa a
a v odlescích
bledězelenavě a
áá a a á
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a k vodě
na kloněn tam tu a
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zssss ááásssss
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a
v vvodouuu blýskám na
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v jak žlutomechemn
blikám
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a
ssssssssss skvrnou uutamm
a aaáa a
zasss sssssssssssssss ts
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a v v vbílobíle viděn n hm
v dáli v zelen ia tamm a
zas aaá
a a azas
v n
vnnmeéééjaá ab v v
v vz vn vnnná a vná a vni á
a szzz
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áááááá
aááá vmmodrobíleeeéé
tam zasss ssssss blikábzzzzz zzzzzzz
a i aaaáh ááha v vevánkem
a bzzszasss
a áááá a
a ááá z z zsss ss zs zzzzzzass ssssss
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a vblikámzas s sssssss
ss s s
ssss s ss
s s sssss s
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a
zas dvaktáát
ččč ččč čh če
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a vzas dvakráá t
červ čer v čer če
a zss dvakrác cc če čee če če č če čč čččečeeé
č č č
č č č č e čee
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asf ff fialovělea bííle aá á s sss
tam tát t t t ttam
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zzf fiall le a s ssss
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as as aaááá á a aaah
sss ss ssssss
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a zas ssssš zeln n čtě tě a
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sssssssssss áááááá sss ssssssss s
se s ssss ses
a s ssss s sss s s ssss
sssss s s s s
a vodous táčen d dnous ssssssss
Albertus Sebas "Cabinet of Curiosities" is one of the 18th centurys greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time.
Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalog detailing his entire collection-from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies and more, as well as fantastic beasts, such as a hydra and a dragon.
Sebas scenic illustrations, often mixing plants and animals in a single plate, were unusual even for the time. Many of the stranger and more peculiar creatures from Sebas collection, some of which are now extinct, were as curious to those in Sebas day as they are to us now.
Albertus Seba
Transcription by Milos Sejn at 19th July 2007, Down the Maple Brook / The Giant Mountains, Bohemia
...
40
a aaaa áááa ah a aaaaáá a
a
41
a
42
a vkláněn
43
á aaa a
a v odlescích
bledězelenavě a
áá a a á
44
45
a k vodě
na kloněn tam tu a
á aa
a zssss ssslunceeeemm a ss ááá s s ssss
zssss ááásssss
sss sss ass pss sssss sssss
46
47
a
v vvodouuu blýskám na
48
v jak žlutomechemn
blikám
zasssss
a
ssssssssss skvrnou uutamm
a aaáa a
zasss sssssssssssssss ts
50
51
a v v vbílobíle viděn n hm
v dáli v zelen ia tamm a
zas aaá
a a azas
v n
vnnmeéééjaá ab v v
v vz vn vnnná a vná a vni á
a szzz
52
53
áááááá
aááá vmmodrobíleeeéé
tam zasss ssssss blikábzzzzz zzzzzzz
a i aaaáh ááha v vevánkem
a bzzszasss
a áááá a
a ááá z z zsss ss zs zzzzzzass ssssss
55
a vblikámzas s sssssss
ss s s
ssss s ss
s s sssss s
56
a
zas dvaktáát
ččč ččč čh če
57
a vzas dvakráá t
červ čer v čer če
a zss dvakrác cc če čee če če č če čč čččečeeé
č č č
č č č č e čee
59
asf ff fialovělea bííle aá á s sss
tam tát t t t ttam
60
zzf fiall le a s ssss
61
as as aaááá á a aaah
sss ss ssssss
62
a zas ssssš zeln n čtě tě a
63
sssssssssss áááááá sss ssssssss s
se s ssss ses
a s ssss s sss s s ssss
sssss s s s s
a vodous táčen d dnous ssssssss
Albertus Sebas "Cabinet of Curiosities" is one of the 18th centurys greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time.
Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalog detailing his entire collection-from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies and more, as well as fantastic beasts, such as a hydra and a dragon.
Sebas scenic illustrations, often mixing plants and animals in a single plate, were unusual even for the time. Many of the stranger and more peculiar creatures from Sebas collection, some of which are now extinct, were as curious to those in Sebas day as they are to us now.
Albertus Seba
