Scottish scholar (1573-1620) who in 1616 in Roma published The Virga Aurea---Seventy-two magical and other related alphabets. The Virga Aurea was published as a large engraving. The engraving consists of a listing in four columns of the 72 alphabets, which include various Latin and Greek alphabets, as well as Hebrew, Arabic, Etruscan, Assyrian, Armenian, Gothic, Scythian, Scottish, Hibernian, Coptic and Chaldaic.

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James Bonaventure Hepburn
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Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Type in Scotland ⦿ Coptic typefaces ⦿ Typefaces for alchemy ⦿

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