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Exhibition Review
Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 774-776
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Cooney, Kathlyn M. (Cooney, Kathlyn M.)
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5. Sarcophagus of Wahibreemakhet, Egyptian. c.600 BC. Basalt, 230 by 94 by 105 cm. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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6. Julius Caesar, Roman. First century BC–First century AD. Graywacke, 44 by 26 by 25 cm. (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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7. Head of Caracalla, Romano-Egyptian. AD 211–17. Granite, 51 by 34 by 52 cm. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Book Review
The Myth of Egypt and Its Hieroglyphs in European Tradition
04/1963 | 721 | 105
Pages: 172
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Aldred, Cyril (Aldred, Cyril)
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The Myth of Egypt and Its Hieroglyphs in European Tradition | author: Iversen, Erik
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Hieroglyphic Studies of the Renaissance
01/1958 | 658 | 100
Pages: 15-21
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Iversen, Erik (Iversen, Erik)
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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 Title-Page from a Hitherto Unpublished Renaissance Manuscript of Horapollo.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.
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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.'
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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...'
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36. The Meeting of Osiris and Isis, by Pinturicchio. Fresco. (Borgia Apartments, Vatican, Rome.)
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32. Antique Temple Frieze from the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. (Capitoline Museum, Rome.)
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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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Tervarent, Guy de (Tervarent, Guy de; Tervarent, M. de)
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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollon | author: Boas, George