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Prodromus Coptus
''Prodromus Coptus sive Aegyptiacus'' (''The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner'') was a 1636 work by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher. It was published in Rome by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith and dedicated to the Prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Francesco Barberini. The book was Kircher's first venture into the field of Egyptology, and it also contained the first ever published grammar of the Coptic language. Background Scholars in the Catholic Church were interested in ancient Near Eastern languages because they wanted to demonstrate that the Church represented a continuation of the beliefs and practices of the early Christian community. Likewise, the discovery of Nestorian texts in China suggested that Christianity was not a recent introduction to the country, and that there was a connection between the ancient civilisations of the world. Two printed versions of ''Prodromus'' are known to exist; on one the title page (illustrated) carried t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pages From Prodromus Coptus Showing Chinese Script
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