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Paper, 'Non-neminis propositio super clave sua sinica, quam autor inventum brandenburgicum cognominare constituit' [Proposal of a Chinese key, which the author calls the Brandenburg discovery] by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/16/3

Date: 1667-1700

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The author shares 22 points concerning prizes or rewards in relation to the reading and translation of Chinese literature. They write: 'Quid si in hunc censum Clavem Sinicam referas, h.e. rationem legendi, quicquid Sinice in tanta ac decantata characterum copia scribitur?'

Subject: Language

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CLP/16/3
Earliest possible date
1667-1700
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Non-neminis propositio super clave sua sinica, quam autor inventum brandenburgicum cognominare constituit' [Proposal of a Chinese key, which the author calls the Brandenburg discovery] by unknown author, 1667-1700, CLP/16/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_3/paper-non-neminis-propositio-super-clave-sua-sinica-quam-autor-inventum-brandenburgicum-cognominare-constituit-proposal-of-a-chinese-key-which-the-author-calls-the-brandenburg-discovery-by-unknown-author, accessed on 19 July 2026

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