Bibliographic Metadata

• Title
  Athanasii Kircheri Fvldensis Bvchonii E Soc. Iesv. Prodromvs Coptvs Sive Aegyptiacvs : Ad Eminentiss: Principem S.R.E. Cardinalem Franciscvm Barbarinvm. in quo Cùm linguae Coptae, siue A Egytiacae [sic], quondam Pharaonicae, origo, aetas, vicissitudo, inclinatio ; tùm hyroglyphicae literaturae instauratio, vti per varia variarum eruditionum, interpretationumque difficillimarum specimina, ita noua quoque & insolita methodo exhibentur
• Author
  Kircher, Athanasius
• Participants
  Barberini, Francesco ; Vitelleschi, Muzio ; Tornielli, Antonio ; Inchofer, Melchior
• Published
  Romae : Societas Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, 1636
• Description
  [12] Bl., 338 S., [1] Bl. : Ill. (Holzschn.) ; 4-o
• Annotation
  Teilw. in versch. oriental. Schr.
• Annotation
  Laut Dünnhaupt existieren 2 Titelvarianten, die sich lediglich durch die Vignetten unterscheiden: a) Wappen der Barberini (3 Bienen) u. b) mit Medaillin (Christus u. Apostel)

  Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Romae. Typis S. Cong: de propag: Fide. 1636.

  Urged by Fabri to attempt an interpretation of Egyptian, Kircher recognized the importance of Coptic in the decipherment. Oriental type founts include Syriac, Arabic, Estranghelo, Samaritan, Chaldean, Hebrew, Rabbinical Hebrew, Aethiopic, Coptic, Saracen, and Hieroglyphic; quotations and examples from all these languages appear in the Latin text. First edition of this pioneering work of Egyptology.
• Language
  Latin ; Coptic
• Document Types
  Book
• Keywords
  Hieroglyphenschrift / Interpretation / Renaissance
• Electronic Edition
  Paderborn : Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn, 2014
• URN
  urn:nbn:de:hbz:466:1-12784