On Joachim Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio: Texture, Weaving and Natural Philosophy in the 17th Century (International Archives of the History of Ideas ... internationales d'histoire des idées, 249)

Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Textiles, Texture and Natural Philosophy in the 17th Century
	1.1 On Jungius, His Nachlass and Texturæ Contemplatio
		1.1.1 Texturæ Contemplatio: Structure, Content and History of Transmission
	1.2 Texturæ Contemplatio Between the Two Narratives?
		1.2.1 On Texture and Weaving Metaphors
	1.3 The Structure of the Book
	Abbreviations
	Bibliography
Chapter 2: The Historical, Scientific and Philosophical Background of Texturæ Contemplatio
	2.1 Textile Practices, Looms and Textile Artisans in the 17th Century
		2.1.1 Global developments in the textile industry: the stocking frame
		2.1.2 Global developments in the textile industry: the ribbon loom
		2.1.3 Local developments, unique machines, specific notations
			2.1.3.1 The drum-machine and the crumb-machine
			2.1.3.2 Local notation techniques
	2.2 Natural Philosophers and Textile Practices in the 17th Century
		2.2.1 Prologue in the 16th century: from Recorde’s foundation of “Geometrye” to de Alcega’s Libro de geometria
		2.2.2 The 17th century: Bacon and Descartes. Weaving between empiricism and rationalism
		2.2.3 Hartlib’s “petit mystere”
		2.2.4 Gassendi’s “woven atoms”
		2.2.5 Hooke and Power: textiles through the magnifying glass
		2.2.6 Comenius, Boyle, Locke: metaphysically unfolding the notion of ‘texture’
		2.2.7 The end of the 17th century: the (too) many ramifications of ‘texture’
	Abbreviations
	Bibliography
Chapter 3: The Translation of Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio
	3.1 On the structure of the translation of Texturæ Contemplatio
	3.2 The Translation of Texturæ Contemplatio
	3.3 Appendix: Glossary of German and Latin textile-related terms
	Bibliography
Chapter 4: On Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio
	4.1 Textual Analysis of Texturæ Contemplatio: Order, Form and Variations
		4.1.1 The current physical arrangement
		4.1.3 Conclusion: structuring and restructuring
	4.2 Mathematical Reflections and Empirical Investigations
		4.2.1 Jungius and the role of mathematics
		4.2.2 How should one practice geometry?
		4.2.3 A geometry of weaving in Texturæ Contemplatio?
			4.2.3.1 ‘Definitions’ and ‘theorems’
			4.2.3.2 Arithmetical reflections
			4.2.3.3 Jungius on ‘situs’ and ‘ad scientiam situs’
			4.2.3.4 Knitting vs. weaving: sinuous curves, lettered threads
			4.2.3.5 Detour: Leibniz and Vandermonde on knitted structures
		4.2.4 Jungius and the structure of materials
			4.2.4.1 Jungius on the notion of ‘textura’
		4.2.5 Optical investigations: microscope, optics and diagrammatic observations
		4.2.6 Conclusion: ‘textura’ as a rhizomatic notion
	4.3 Jungius on Artisanal Practices I: Classification and Terminology of Weaves and Textiles
		4.3.1 Classification of textile practices
		4.3.2 Invented and unclear terminology
	4.4 Jungius on Artisanal Practices II: Artisans in Practice
		4.4.1 Places of weaving and weavers
		4.4.2 The practical aspects of artisanal practices: weaving and knitting
		4.4.3 Before (preparing the loom) and after (the fabric is ready)
	4.5 Citations, Implicit Excerpts and Dictionaries
		4.5.1 Explicit citations
		4.5.2 Implicit references
		4.5.3 Dictionaries
	4.6 Conclusion. A Precarious Rhizome: Weaving as a Site of Knowledge
		4.6.1 Texturæ Contemplatio as precarious
			4.6.1.1 The question of credibility
		4.6.2 From ephemeral traces to durable theorems?
		4.6.3 Texturæ Contemplatio as a collection of facts?
		4.6.4 Who trades and what is traded in the ‘trading zone’?
	Abbreviations
	Bibliography
Chapter 5: After Jungius: Leibniz on Textiles, Weaving and Texturæ Contemplatio
	5.1 Leibniz on Jungius
	5.2 Leibniz and Texturæ Contemplatio
		5.2.1 1675–1678: Combinatorics, “Geometria Amoenior” and the abstraction of “materia”
		5.2.2 1678–1685: Copying Texturæ Contemplatio and Other Notes on Textiles
			5.2.2.1 Jungius’ Logica de notionibus
		5.2.3 From 1687 onward: an unfulfilled wish
	5.3 Leibniz on Tunics and Stockings
		5.3.1 Leibniz on Folded Tunics
		5.3.2 Leibniz on the Stocking Frame
			5.3.2.1 Johann Joachim Becher on the stocking frame
		5.3.3 Leibniz on the Ribbon Loom
	5.4 Rereading Texturæ Contemplatio: a Fabric Unraveled
	5.5 Appendix: Leibniz’s Notes on the Stocking Frame
	Abbreviations
	Bibliography
Chapter 6: Conclusion: A Fabric Rewoven
	Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Index