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Joannis Pierii Valeriani Bellunensis Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII, duobus aliis ab eruditissimo viro annexis. Accesserunt loco auctarii, Hieroglyphicorum collectanea, ex veteribus & recentioribus auctoribus descripta, & in sex libros ordine alphabetico digesta; item Horapollinis Hieroglyphicorum libri duo ex postrema Davidis Hoeschelii correctione. Praeterea ejusdem Pierii Declamatiuncula pro barbis sacerdotum; De infelicitate literatorum libri duo; denique Antiquitatum Bellunensium sermones quatuor

Valeriano, Pierio, 1477-1560, Curione, Celio Augustino, 1538-1567, Horapollo. Hieroglyphica. Latin, Hoeschel, David, 1556-1617, Hertzbergk, C., 17th cent, Kirchner, Christian, 17th cent, Möwald, Wendelin, fl. 1672-1680 · 1678 · Francofurti ad Moenum, sumptibus Christiani Kirchneri, typis Wendelini Moewaldi · 37 pictures

A 1678 Latin compendium of hieroglyphic and emblem lore, compiled by Pierio Valeriano and others and printed in Frankfurt am Main for scholars of ancient Egyptian and symbolic writing. Its small framed woodcuts show allegorical and mythological figures, each set in a scene with a chapter heading above, offering designers compact, stylised vignettes of symbolic subjects that suit emblem-style or classical-revival graphics.

Egyptian language · Emblems

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