Jacques Gaffarel, Unheard-of Curiosities — Chapter ⅩⅢ… (1650)
“ The Superstition of the Arabians, in the reading of some kinds of words. Their letters borrowed from the Hebrewes. The Hieroglyphicall Living creatures of the Ægyptians, placed in the Heavens, are not to serve for Letters. The Constellations Imperfect. What things are to be observed, that one may be able to read the Heavens. What the reason is, that New Stars often appeare, according to the Rabbins. A continued Enumeration of the severall Meanes that nust be used, for the rendering a man capable of this Reading. ”
