The Risen Christ Appears to His Disciples, plate from Giulio Aleni's 'Tianzhu jiangsheng zhuxiang jingjie' (An Illustrated History of the Lord of Heaven Who Became Incarnate in the Flesh), Jinjiang Church, Fujian Province, China, 1637, Unknown Chinese; Publisher: Giulio Aleni, 6 1/16 x 5 5/8 in. ( x cm) (image), Woodcut, China, 17th century, Giulio Aleni, an Italian-born Jesuit, lived in China for nearly four decades, arriving in 1613 and remaining there until his death in 1649. Mastering the Chinese language, Aleni wrote a number of religious and scientific treatises in China


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