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Pages 290-291 from Grammar of Coptic Language by Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher1636
Vilnius University Library
Vilnius, Lithuania
In 1636 Athanasius Kircher published a Coptic grammar text "Prodromus
coptus sive Aegyptiacus" (The Coptic, or Egyptian, Messenger). He the
was the first to understand that hieroglyphs were an alphabetical system for writing which he tried to link to the Greek alphabet.
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- Title: Pages 290-291 from Grammar of Coptic Language by Athanasius Kircher
- Creator: Athanasius Kircher
- Date Created: 1636
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Type: Book
- Rights: Vilnius University Library
- Medium: Paper
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