Archduke Ludwig Salvator and Leptodirus Hohenwarti from Postojnska jama
Author(s) -
Brigitta Mader
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acta carsologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.362
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1580-2612
pISSN - 0583-6050
DOI - 10.3986/ac.v32i2.356
Subject(s) - tutor , cave , art , humanities , archaeology , classics , art history , history , psychology , mathematics education
Avtor predstavi zgodovinski preparat hroscka Leptodirus hohenwarti Schmidt, ki je bil nedavno najden v hisi Evgenija Sforze (1820-1894) v Toskani. Dejstvo, da je bil Sforza tutor in spremljevalec avstrijskega nadvojvode in naravoslovca Ludvika Salvatorja (1847-1915), navaja avtorico na domnevo, da je ta drobnovratnik v zvezi z njegovimi naravoslovnimi zbirkami. Hroscka naj bi Ludvik Salvator domnevno dobil v Postojni 1863, ko je v spremstvu Evgenija Sforze prvic obiskal Postojnsko jamo. The author presents a historic preparation of a Leptodirus hohenwarti Schmidt recently found in the house of Eugenio Sforza (1820-1894) in Toscana.Because of the fact that Sforza has been the tutor and equerry of the Austrian Archduke and natural scientist Ludwig Salvator (1847-1915) a connection is presumed between Ludwig Salvator’s natural history collections and the Leptodirus-specimen, which was in the author’s opinion acquired in Postojna in 1863 on the occasion of Ludwig Salvator’s first visit to the caves, accompagnied by Eugenio Sforza.
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