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<p>Written reputedly by an Egyptian magus, Horapollo Niliacus, in the fourth century C.E., <i>The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo</i> is an anthology of nearly two hundred "hieroglyphics," or allegorical emblems, said to have been used by the Pharaonic scribes in describing natural and moral aspects of the world. Translated into Greek in 1505, it informed much of Western iconography from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. This work not only tells how various types of natural phenomena, e
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- Author
- Horapollo; Horapollo Niliacus
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691215068
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Reference, Anthropology
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo (Bollingen Series Book 646) (2020)
- The hieroglyphics of a new speech: cubism, Stieglitz, and the early poetry of William Carlos Williams (1993)
- The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo (Bollingen Series (General), 646) (1993)
- Des Niloten Horapollon Hieroglyphenbuch : Band I: Text und Übersetzung (2000)
- Hieroglyphica Horapollinis
- Hori Apollinis Hieroglyphica. Saggio introduttiva. Edizione critica del testo e commento (1940)
- The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo (Bollingen Series Book 646) (1969)
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