Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesu Obeliscus Pamphilius :
hoc est, interpretatio noua & hucusque intentata obelisci hieroglyphici quem non ita pridem ex veteri Hippodromo Antonini Caracallae Caesaris, in Agonale Forum transtulit, integritati restituit, & in vrbis aeternae ornamentum erexit Innocentius X, Pont. Max. In quo post varia Aegyptiacae, Chaldaicae, Hebraicae, Graecanicae antiquitatis, doctrinaeque quà sacrae, quà profanae monumenta, veterum tandem theologia, hieroglyphicis inuoluta symbolis, detecta è tenebris in lucem asseritur.

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Main Author
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
Related Names
Grignani, Lodovico, 1586-1651, printer.
Bloemaert, Cornelis, 1603-1692, engraver.
Innocent X, Pope, 1574-1655.
Society of Writers to H.M. Signet (Great Britain)
Language(s)
Latin ; Arabic ; Greek, Ancient (to 1453) ; Hebrew
Published
Romae : Typis Ludouici Grignani, anno Iubilei MDCL [1650]
Subjects
Innocent > X, > Pope, > 1574-1655.
Obelisks > Italy > Rome > Early works to 1800.
Mythology, Egyptian > Early works to 1800.
Egyptian language > Writing, Hieroglyphic > Early works to 1800.
Emblem books, Latin > Italy > 17th century.
Emblems > Early works to 1800.
Emblem books > Italy > 17th century.
Note
Includes index.
Armorial bookplate and printed shelfmark label on front paste-down; an engraved plate bearing a coat of arms has been added preceeding the frontispiece bearing the motto "Enatent aut evolent" and signed: "R. Collin Chalcogr. Reg. fecit Bruxellae 1680".
Bound in full vellum with the armorial device of the Society of Writers to the Signet gilt-tooled at center of front and rear boards.
Imperfect copy; missing pages 291-294 (contains one engraved ill.) and in its place a duplicate of pages 107-110 has been been inserted.
Text includes excerpts in Hebrew, Arabic and Greek.
Numerous woodcuts of hieroglyphics in text.
Errors in pagination: Pages 319, 342, 343, and 520 are misnumbered 317, 344, 345, and 510, respectively; page numbers 332-33 are omitted.
Title vignette (Papal coat of arms); printer's device (final leaf recto); head- and tail-pieces; initials.
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.
Engraved portrait of Innocent X (plate) bound following the title page.
Engraved frontispiece signed: "Io: Ang: Caninius Rom: inuentor et del. C. Bloemaert sculp.".
Signatures: a-h A-3Z 4A-4D 4E².
Physical Description
[64], 560 [i.e. 558], [30] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
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