The humanist interpretation of hieroglyphs in the allegorical studies of the Renaissance : with a focus on the triumphal arch of Maximilian I / by Karl Giehlow ; translated with an introduction & notes by Robin Raybould.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giehlow, Karl, 1863-1913, author.

Contributor:

Raybould, Robin, translator, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; Volume 16.

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Volume 240.

Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History ; Volume 16

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 0920-8607 ; Volume 240

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic.

Egyptian language.

Egyptology--Italy--History.

Egyptology.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Italy--Civilization--Egyptian influences.

Italy.

Italy--Civilization--1268-1559.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Hieroglyphenkunde by Karl Giehlow published in 1915, described variously by critics as “a masterpiece”, “magnificent”, “monumental” and “incomparable”, is here translated into English for the first time. Giehlow’s work with an initial focus on the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, the manuscript of which was discovered by Giehlow, was a pioneering attempt to introduce the thesis that Egyptian hieroglyphics had a fundamental influence on the Italian literature of allegory and symbolism and beyond that on the evolution of all Renaissance art. The present edition includes the illustrations of Albrecht Dürer from the Pirckheimer translation of the Horapollo from the early fifteenth century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Scope and aim of the study

The hieroglyphs of the Italian humanists

Hieroglyphs on the Egyptian monuments known in Rome in the XVth century

Fra Francesco Colonna and his hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphic studies in the Italian cinquecento

The Hieroglyphica of Pierio Valeriano Bolzano: a life’s work

The hieroglyphic origins of the Emblemata of Alciato

The hieroglyphics of the German and French humanists

Appendices

bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28173-8

OCLC:

903962160

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004281738 DOI