Athanasii Kircheri ... Oedipvs Aegyptiacvs, Hoc Est Vniuersalis Hieroglyphicae Veterum Doctrinae temporum iniuria abolitae Instavratio: Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina & sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diuersarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum: Gymnasium sive Phrontisterion Hieroglyphicum
Athanasius Kircher's 1653 Oedipus Aegyptiacus is a scholarly Latin treatise printed in Rome, reconstructing Egyptian hieroglyphic learning for a learned European readership. Its pictures are small woodcut and engraved plates of coins, ornamental cartouches and hieroglyphic signs set in ruled boxes, offering a designer strong motifs for emblematic borders, medallion frames and symbolic icon sets.
