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Ad Alexandrum VII. Pont. Max. Obelisci Aegyptiaci : nuper inter Isaei Romani rudera effossi interpretatio hieroglyphica (1666)

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, 1615 or 1618-approximately 1669 · Romae : Ex typographia Varesij · leaf 146

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ufmodi figuris omnes fere Obelifci re- ferti fpedfantur ; ha: enim ex Obelifcisvelutiexprototypis deprompte, &: feorfim appropriatis lapidibus in indola effi6tis incife * adytis , delubris, asdibus phuatis, paffim auerruncationis malorum caufa , partim ad folli- citanda fuperiora Numina , ad id… … Simulacrum Hieroglyphicum , quod in Oppidi Ari- gnani foro exhibetur , & vnum ex i]s eft* quas Apotropaeas, fiue Auerruncas, aut etiam Mefitas fiue Genios mediatores vocant. E St Orignanun* fiue Arignanum , quam nonnulli Aram Iani quoque interpretantur , oppidum vetuftilTimum ad radices montis…

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