Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesv Obeliscvs Pamphilivs, hoc est, Interpretatio noua & hucusque intentata obelisci hieroglyphici : quem non ita pridem ex veteri Hippodromo Antonini Caracallæ Cæsaris, in Agonale Forum transtulit, integritati restituit, & in vrbis æternæ ornamentum erexit Innocentivs X Pont. Max : in quo post varia Ægyptiacæ, Chaldaicæ, Hebraicæ, Græcanicæ antiquitatis, doctrinæque quà sacræ, quà profanæ monumenta, veterum tandem theologia, hieroglyphicis inuoluta symbolis, detecta è tenebris in lucem asseritur.
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| Language: | Latin |
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typis Ludouici Grignani,
anno Iubelei MDCL. [1650]
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| Item Description: | Signatures: a-h⁴ A-4D⁴ 4E². Added engraved title page; engraved by C. Bloemaert after Io. Aug. Caninius. Plate on folded leaf (unfolded dimensions 74 x 44 cm) shows each face of the obelisk separately; in the center is a smaller drawing of the obelisk partially in the round, surmounted by angels bearing a medal of Pope Innocent X and his coat of arms. Woodcut title page vignette with the Papal coat of arms; woodcut printer's device on colophon. Includes index. Text includes excerpts in Hebrew, Arabic and Greek. |
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| Physical Description: | [32], 560, [30] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 33 cm. (fol.) |