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Paper, 'Sententia D [...] de origine siphrarum, ex esusdem demonstratione evangelica' [On the origin of the siphras or siphon from 'Demonstratione evangelica'] by Dr [Thomas] Gale

Reference number: CLP/16/23

Date: 1686

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Gale discusses Eusebius's 'Demonstratione evangelica', also known as 'Praeparatio evangelica', a work of Christian apologetics from the fourth century CE. He writes on Greek and Arabic languages and characters.

Subject: Language / Alphabet

Read to the Royal Society on 14 April 1686

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CLP/16/23
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1686
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2 pages
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Thomas Gale

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Thomas Gale, Paper, 'Sententia D [...] de origine siphrarum, ex esusdem demonstratione evangelica' [On the origin of the siphras or siphon from 'Demonstratione evangelica'] by Dr [Thomas] Gale, 1686, CLP/16/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_23/paper-sententia-d-de-origine-siphrarum-ex-esusdem-demonstratione-evangelica-on-the-origin-of-the-siphras-or-siphon-from-demonstratione-evangelica-by-dr-thomas-gale, accessed on 18 August 2026

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