Les hieroglyphiques de Ian-Pierre Valerian, vulgairement nommé Pierius. Autrement, commentaires des lettres et figures sacrées des Aegyptiens & autres nations. Oeuure reduicte en cinquante huict liures, ausquels sont adjoincts deux autres
Les hieroglyphiques by Pierio Valeriano, published in Lyon by Paul Frellon in 1615, is a Renaissance emblem and symbol treatise on Egyptian hieroglyphs and sacred signs, written for scholars and humanist readers. Its woodcuts show allegorical figures in small framed scenes: a man pointing skyward, a draped statue on a pedestal, a seated figure with a sprig, and a woman leaning on a column with a palm frond. Designers can draw on their compact, stylized line work and emblematic poses for symbolic motifs.
