“Spectatissimo, Eruditione & Pietate, Insigno Viro”: Abraham Rogerius, the Open-Deure, and the Identity of A.W. JCtus

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Cornelis J. Schilt
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Abstract In 1643, a manuscript was sent from Batavia to Amsterdam. It described in vivid detail a world virtually unknown to the West, that of South-Indian Hinduism, taken from the words of local Brahmins and drawn up by VOC minister Abraham Rogerius. It was not until 1651 that De Open-Deure tot het Verborgen Heydendom appeared from the presses of the Leiden printing house of François Hackius. By then, its author had died, and circumstances regarding the actual publication are shrouded in mystery. This is also true about the life of Abraham Rogerius and the identity of the Open-Deure ’s anonymous editor, A.W. JC tus . Traditionally associated with the Polish Socinian theologian Andreas Wissowatius, A.W’s annotations added a wealth of scholarly detail to Rogerius plain narrative. In this paper, I greatly expand upon the existing biographies of Rogerius and draw lines between the various actors involved with the eventual publication of his writings. I provide a fresh insight into the editorial history and afterlife of the Open-Deure , showing that there are in fact two different editions that diverge at key points. Moreover, I demonstrate that the elusive A.W. JC tus is most certainly not Wissowatius, but instead the Leiden lawyer and politician Arnoldus Wittens.
“观赏性,博学性&;彼亚泰特,《洞见》:亚伯拉罕·罗格里厄斯,《开放的信条》,以及A.W. JCtus的身份
1643年,一份手稿从巴达维亚送到阿姆斯特丹。它生动详细地描述了一个西方几乎不知道的世界,即南印度的印度教,取材于当地婆罗门的话语,由VOC部长亚伯拉罕·罗格里乌斯起草。直到1651年,弗朗索瓦·哈库斯的莱顿印刷厂的印刷机上才出现了《海登登的开封书》。到那时,它的作者已经去世,实际出版的情况笼罩在神秘之中。亚伯拉罕·罗格里厄斯的生平和《开放-杜尔》的匿名编辑A.W. JC tus的身份也是如此。传统上与波兰社会神学家Andreas Wissowatius有关,a.w.的注释为Rogerius的平淡叙述增添了丰富的学术细节。在本文中,我极大地扩展了现有的罗格里厄斯传记,并在与他的作品最终出版有关的各种演员之间划清界限。我提供了一个关于《开放的信条》的编辑历史和后世的新见解,表明实际上有两个不同的版本,在关键点上存在分歧。此外,我证明了难以捉摸的A.W. JC tus绝对不是Wissowatius,而是莱顿的律师和政治家Arnoldus Wittens。
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