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This is a 1654 Latin treatise on Egyptian hieroglyphs by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher, edited by Vitale Mascardi, and printed in Rome for scholars interested in ancient writing and symbolism. Its woodcut and engraved diagrams are schematic: a triangle of intellect, sciences and virtues, a seated figure flanked by attendants within a cone, and a row of curved arcs labelled with letters. A designer might borrow their diagrammatic logic, letter-labelled geometry and emblematic clarity for infographics or mystical-style graphics.
