Athanasii Kircheri Fuldensis Buchonii e Soc. Iesu Prodromus Coptus sive Aegypticus : in quo cùm linguae Coptae, siue Aegyptiacae, quondam pharaonicae, origo, aetas, vicissitudo, inclinatio, tùm hieroglyphicae literaturae instauratio, vti per varia variarum eruditionum, interpretationumque difficillimarum specimina, ita noua quoque & insolita methodo exhibentur (1636)
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 · Romae : Typis S. Cong. de propag. fide · leaf 254
fecudo loco hie- Hierogly- cum fche- roglyphicum fchema , monftri Tub Scarabad in- dumento humanam faciem mentientis fimilitu- tjine effigiatu occurric.Cuius capiti Lunae crefce* tis Ipecies immines cornibus in ie couerfis hgu» ram exprimic circuli,e cuius centro charader in crucis fimilitudine… … charadere hoc nome exaratum reperio,$'*Xo, quodantiqua AEgypciaca linguafeu Copra ni- hil
Coptic language
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