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- TitleAthanasii 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
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- Description[12] Bl., 338 S., [1] Bl. : Ill. (Holzschn.) ; 4-o
- AnnotationTeilw. in versch. oriental. Schr.
- AnnotationLaut 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.
- LanguageLatin ; Coptic
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- Electronic EditionPaderborn : Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn, 2014
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