Prodromus Coptus

by Athanasius Kircher

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1636 ...Certius itaq-, & iècurius ker arrepturus dico, Ophir vocé Copea efle,ièu AEgyptiacamj qua AEgyptij Veceres earn Indiam appellabant, sahmom qua; continet Régna Malabar, Zeilanum,Aurea SîoîCherioneiùm & ad cam ípecbnces Samatrarrb, utumMoluccas, Iauas,aliaíque vicinas Infulas Auríferas, in quas Hiram claíTem Salomonis ftatutis temporibus cxpediuifTe,non auru tantum,gemmae, lapides & ligna pretioía, Pauones, fïmiliaq; quœè didis Regionibus, rebus buiufmodi refertis Claffis Hiram tecum actulk,teftatur. Sed onomafticon noftrum Сорго-Arabi-cum Capite de nominibus gentium id clare do-C1P cet.vbi oifcoiip0 Hend. quod & Indiam сЛиК explicac. очофлрос vero Jíku Indufib, ' Ophir igitur nihil aliud eft, quàm India-, aurum verô Paruaim ego exiftimo fuiile ex,w Iauaim, hoc eft è Iauis Infulis,ira enim has Iniîilas binas dici, apud Rabbinos me legiiTe memini. Cum ka(jue ex Eryrhraro mari in Ophir feu Indiam adeo frequens fuerk expedido; с ene hac vfos Opportunitäten no Chriftians tantùm Reli I Cairano iiibdebat; in Indiam primo, atque hinc in Chinam caíteraíque Regiones, colonias iaéhs aullo non tempore rraduxifle.Nam сипь AEgyptus óptimos quofq;, & cómmodiflimos maris Erythrañ portus obcinuerk, ex Erythraro Comme vcr mar n AEthiopiam, Perfidem ас reliqua ditas ex denique Indiam non incómodus traie&us tueîauïndi nt y frequentiiïimam nullo non tepmore vitro ш indiam. cicroquc fuiflè commeationcm, alias, celebérrima...

38 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Athanasius Kircher, S.J. was a Jesuit scholar and polymath who published most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.