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Hieroglyphic Studies of the Renaissance
01/1958 | 658 | 100
Pages: 15-21
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Author:
Iversen, Erik (Iversen, Erik)
Subjects
artists:
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet, the elder, ca. 1515-1584
dates:
1400-1599
places:
Egypt / Italy / Florence
sources:
Horapollo / Hieroglyphica
sources:
Colonna, Francesco / Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
sources:
Valeriano, Pierio, 1477-1560
subjects:
Egyptian / Hieroglyphics / Renaissance / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Obelisk from Jacques Androuët du Cerceau: Livre des Édifices Antiques Romains, Paris, 1584. 27. Title-Page from a Hitherto Unpublished Renaissance Manuscript of Horapollo. (Royal Library, Copenhagen.) 28. Hermes-Trismegistus-Mercurius as a Prophet. From the Floor of the Duomo, Siena. 29 to 31. Early Illustrations of Horapollo's Hieroglyphica. Fig.30 Shows the Cynocephalus as Represented by Dürer; Compared with: Fig.29, the Same Animal from a Greco-Roman Edition Published in Rome, 1599; and Fig.31, from a French Translation, Paris, 1574.
Attributed works:
34. Hieroglyphic Inscription from Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Venice, 1499, with the Signs of the Temple Frieze. The Text Reads in Colonna's Translation: 'Sacrifice Your Toil Generously to the God of Nature. Little by Little You will Then Subject Your Soul to God, and He Will Take You under His Firm Protection, Mercifully Govern Your Life and Preserve It Unharmed.'
Attributed works:
35. The Tabernacle of Dürer's Triumphal Arch, Representing the Emperor Maximilian Surrounded by Hieroglyphic Animals, Proclaiming Him: 'Divine Emperor, Just and Generous, of Eternal Fame and Noble Descent, Adorned with All Gifts of Nature...'
Attributed works:
36. The Meeting of Osiris and Isis, by Pinturicchio. Fresco. (Borgia Apartments, Vatican, Rome.)
Western art unattributed:
32. Antique Temple Frieze from the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. (Capitoline Museum, Rome.)
Western art unattributed:
33. Hieroglyphs from the Hieroglyphica of Pierinus Valerianus. 1556 or 1557. The Inscription Signifies: 'He Has Conquered the Strong by Arms and Dispersed the Weak by Fame'.
Book Review
The Hieroglyphics of Horapollon
04/1952 | 589 | 94
Pages: 122-123
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Reviewer:
Tervarent, Guy de (Tervarent, Guy de; Tervarent, M. de)
Subjects
places:
Egypt
sources:
Horapollo
subjects:
Hieroglyphics / Alphabets / Egyptian
subjects:
Renaissance / Influence / Sources
works:
Hieroglyphica
Reviewed Items
works:
The Hieroglyphics of Horapollon | author: Boas, George