File:China-Illustrata-Principalia-Sinensium-Numina.png
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[edit]DescriptionChina-Illustrata-Principalia-Sinensium-Numina.png |
English: "Principal deities of the Chinese", a Chinese engraving reproduced in Kircher's book
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Latina: Schematismus secundus principalia Sinensium Numina exhibens |
Date | Published by Kircher in 1667; original picture must be older |
Source | A 17th-century Chinese picture reproduced in Athanasii Kircher, "China monumentis: qua sacris quà profanis..." (a.k.a. China Illsutrata), next to p. 137. This scan is from http://kircher.stanford.edu/gallery/index.html |
Author | An unknown Chinese artist. The Latin caption is by Athanasius Kircher (or his Jesuit collaborators) |
This scan is slightly overcropped on top and bottom. A full version (but of lower quality) can be seen at https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-VKNZ4SAXqYC (before p. 137; the legend is on p. 137), or at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b20000389.zoom.r=+Kircher%2C+Athanasius.f27.langEN
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