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Vetustissimae tabulae aeneae sacris aeyptiorum simulachris coelatae accurata explicatio

n qua antiquissimarum superstitionum origines, progressiones, ritus ad barbaram, graecam, romanamque historiam illustrandam enarrantur, & multa scriptorum veterum loca qua explanantur, qua emendantur

by Lorenzo Pignoria

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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"A famous work in which Pignoria identifies the Egyptian deities depicted on the Isiac Table, supposedly an ancient Egyptian bronze (or stone?) plaque...[also sometimes described as copper overlaid with black enamel and silver incrustations or as bronze, decorated with silver, copper and niello inlay]...Some authorities speculate that...Pignoria was the first antiquary to offer an explanation of [the tablet's] meaning. Of interest to the gemologist is the fact that Pignoria used antique engraved gems [incl. examples of abraxas gems] to exemplify ancient customs, mores, and rites which he then employed in deciphering the meaning of the tablet."--Gemology, by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 5137.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Occultism and esotericism and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Amulets”. Retained metadata contains “Amulets” in the subject metadata.

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n qua antiquissimarum superstitionum origines, progressiones, ritus ad barbaram, graecam, romanamque historiam illustrandam enarrantur, & multa scriptorum veterum loca qua explanantur, qua emendantur

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1605-01-01T00:00:00ZApud Io. Anto. Rampazettus : Sumptibus Iacobi FrancoLatin—Public digitized item

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internet-archive:VetustissimaeTabulaeAeneaeSacrisAeyptiorumSimulachrisCoelataeAccurata
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