The hieroglyphics of a new speech / translated by George Boas ; with a new foreword by Anthony Grafton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niliacus, Horapollo, Author.

Contributor:

Boas, George, translator.

Grafton, Anthony, writer of foreword.

Series:

Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Art and literature.

Cubism and literature.

Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963--Knowledge--Art.

Williams, William Carlos.

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946--Influence.

Stieglitz, Alfred.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1993.

Summary:

Written reputedly by an Egyptian magus, Horapollo Niliacus, in the fourth century C.E., The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo 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, emotions, virtues, philosophical concepts, and human character-types were symbolized, but also explains why, for example, the universe is represented by a serpent swallowing its tail, filial affection by a stork, education by the heavens dropping dew, and a horoscopist by a person eating an hourglass. In his introduction Boas explores the influence of The Hieroglyphics and the causes behind the rebirth of interest in symbolism in the sixteenth century. The illustrations to this edition were drawn by Albrecht Dürer on the verso pages of his copy of a Latin translation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Foreword (1993)

Preface

Introduction

Notes to Introduction

THE HIEROGLYPHICS, BOOK ONE

THE HIEROGLYPHICS, BOOK TWO

Appendix

Index of Symbols

Index of Subjects Symbolized

MYTHOS: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780691061696

0691061696

9780691215068

0691215065

OCLC:

1191863518