TY - BOOK AU - Kircher, Athanasius CN - Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn, D 1574 CY - Romae DA - 1636 DP - Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn KW - Hieroglyphenschrift KW - Interpretation KW - Renaissance LA - lat N1 - 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) N1 - Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Romae. Typis S. Cong: de propag: Fide. 1636. N1 - Teilw. in versch. oriental. Schr. N1 - 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. PB - Societas Congregatio de Propaganda Fide PY - 1636 SP - [12] Bl., 338 S., [1] Bl. : Ill. (Holzschn.) ; 4-o TI - 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 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:466:1-12784 Y2 - 2025-04-28T09:24:58 ER -