The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo (Bollingen Series (General))

by George Boas (Translator), George Boas (Translator), Horapollo Niliacus (Author)

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Illustrated
1993
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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. This work tells how various types of natural phenomena, emotions, virtues, philosophical concepts, and human character-types were symbolized.

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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. This work tells how various types of natural phenomena, emotions, virtues, philosophical concepts, and human character-types were symbolized.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 156
Edition: With a New foreword by Anthony T. Grafton
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 15 Nov 1993
ISBN 10: 0691000921
ISBN 13: 9780691000923