N/A. English: Frontispiece for Athanasius Kircher's 1667 China Illustrated, published at Amsterdam by Elisée or Elizaeus Weyerstraet and Jan Janszoon van Waesberghe, depicting Adam Schall, an angel, and Matteo Ricci displaying a map of China below SS Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola venerating an IHS representing Jesus Christ surrounded by angels. Note the mandarin square on Schall's robe. Latina: Athanasii Kircheri China Monumentis: qua Sacris quà Profanis, nec non Variis Naturae & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque Rerum Memorabilium Argumentis Amstelodami apud Joannem Janssonium
N/A. English: Frontispiece for Athanasius Kircher's 1667 China Illustrated, published at Amsterdam by Elisée or Elizaeus Weyerstraet and Jan Janszoon van Waesberghe, depicting Adam Schall, an angel, and Matteo Ricci displaying a map of China below SS Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola venerating an IHS representing Jesus Christ surrounded by angels. Note the mandarin square on Schall's robe. Latina: Athanasii Kircheri China Monumentis: qua Sacris quà Profanis, nec non Variis Naturae & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque Rerum Memorabilium Argumentis Amstelodami apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667. 1667. Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) Alternative names Atanasio Kircher Description German jesuit, philosopher and historian Date of birth/death 2 May 1602 28 November 1680 / 27 November 1680 Location of birth/death Geisa Rome Authority control : Q76738 VIAF: 31998409 ISNI: 0000 0001 2126 6092 ULAN: 500149892 LCCN: n79065772 NLA: 35786916 WorldCat 339 China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis by Athanasius Kircher
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