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: Theatrvm Hieroglyphicvm, Hoc Est, Noua & hucusque intentata Obeliscorvm Cœterorumque Hieroglyphicorum Monumentorum: quæ tùm Romæ, tùm in Aegypto, ac celebrioribus Europæ Musæis adhuc supersunt, Interpretatio ...
Athanasius Kircher's 1654 Oedipus Aegyptiacus is a Latin scholarly treatise on Egyptian hieroglyphs, compiled in Rome for a learned European readership and edited by Vitale Mascardi. Its woodcut plates show cartouches and obelisk inscriptions, offering a designer strong examples of dense vertical glyph columns, framed carved-stone forms, and symbolic bird and figure motifs.
