1 Christian Ravius to Gerhard (6 April 1649). Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Chart. A 137 fol. 29 4
2 Michael Spieß to Gerhard (undated). Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Chart. A 639 fol. 153r 6
3 Gerhard’s excerpt from the 1580 edition of Sefer Hasidim. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Chart. B. 44 fol. 149r 24
4 Gerhard’s personalized index of Lipsius’ correspondence. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. orient. Ag 8 fol. 225r 38
5 Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. Orient. Ag 8 fol. 75v 74
6 Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. Orient. Ag 8 fol. 76r 75
7 Title page of the Harmonia linguarum orientalium. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Theol 4º 00163/02 (4) 76
8 Gerhard’s appended harmonic table of verb conjugations. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Theol 4º 00163/02 (1) 77
9 A page from Gerhard’s unfinished harmonic lexicon. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Chart. A 607 fol. 123v 89
10 Frontispiece portrait of Gerhard in Niemann, Christliche Sterbens-Lust (1668). Forschungsbibliothek Gotha 93
11 Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. Orient. Ag 8 fol. 270r 104
12 Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. Orient. Ag 8 fol. 271v 105
13 Gerhard’s sketch from Jacob Fetzer’s collection. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. Orient. Ag 8 fol. 273v 108
14 Gerhard’s sketch from Jacob Fetzer’s collection. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Ms. Orient. Ag 8 fol. 278r 109
15 Allard Uchtmann’s Hebrew-Latin-Syriac entry in Gerhard’s album amicorum. By kind permission of Dr. Don Hertzberger 125
16 Georg Gentius’ Persian-Latin entry in Gerhard’s album amicorum. By kind permission of Dr. Don Hertzberger 129
17 Golius’ entry in Gerhard’s album amicorum. By kind permission of Dr. Don Hertzberger 129
18 Abraham Ecchellensis’ Syriac-Arabic-Latin entry in Gerhard’s album amicorum. By kind permission of Dr. Don Hertzberger 135
19 An undated ramistic table in Gerhard’s hand setting out the biography, or rather the essence of Alexander the Great. Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Chart. B. 480 fol. 97 152
20 Portrait of Gerhard by Christian Richter in the year of his appointment to the theological faculty (1655). Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Downloaded from
21 Title page of Umbra in luce (1667), Forschungsbibliothek Gotha 188
22 Bhairava as ‘idolum chinensium’. Umbra in luce, N2r, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha 204
23 ‘The Chinese Idol called Josin’ appended to Umbra in luce, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha 205
24 Indonesian Kris, Umbra in luce, L1r. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, M: Li 3885 207
25 Christian Hoffmann’s obelisk engraving in Niemann, Christliche Sterbens-Lust (1668), Forschungsbibliothek Gotha 209