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editDescriptionFrontispiece to China illustrated by Athanasius Kircher..JPG |
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 Illustrata... Amstelodami apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1667. |
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Source | Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/A109332. Also showcased in the book: Hidden Treasure (New York, NY: Blast Books, 2012), p. 65. HMD call number: WZ 250 K59cF 1670 |
Author | A Jesuit collaborator of Athansius Kircher, or a hired artist |
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