Aphorismi hieroglyphici : quibus veterum philosophorum mysteria quaedam declarantur: ex commentariis hieroglyphicis Ioannis Pierii Valeriani & Caelii Augustini Curionis collecti, inq. usum eorum, qui de recondita veterum doctrina aliquid cognoscere desiderant
Aphorismi hieroglyphici is a 1592 emblem and hieroglyphic handbook compiled from the commentaries of Pierio Valeriano and Celio Augustino Curione by Heinrich Schwalenberg, published by Valentin Voegelin, for readers seeking the hidden doctrine of ancient philosophers. The pictures are small woodcut devices and ornaments printed on tan paper: a pelican feeding young in a nest beneath a tree, a figure standing on a rocky hill with a Latin motto around an oval frame, and a dense scrolled cartouche, all useful to a designer for compact emblematic framing and interlaced ornament.
