The Three Babylons by Henri Estienne, Maarten van Heemskerck and Athanasius Kircher

This paper aims to compare three reconstructions of Babylon, printed respectively by Henri Estienne in 1566 in Geneva (4 plates); by Philips Galle in 1572 in Antwerp, after a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck (1 plate); and by Athanasius Kircher in 1670 in Amsterdam, after several sources (7 plates)...

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Main Author: Marco Folin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2021-12-01
Series:In_Bo
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Online Access:https://in-bo.unibo.it/article/view/13928