Hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous

Hieroglyphic Semantics in Late Antiquity

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvMark Wildish

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The main aim of this book is to reconstruct a philosophical context for the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, a late 5th century Greek study of hieroglyphic writing. In addition to reviewing and drawing on earlier approaches it explores the range of signs and meanings for which Horapollo is interested in giving explanations, whether there are characteristic types of explanations given, what conception of language in general and of hieroglyphic Egyptian in particular the explanations of the meanings of the glyphs presuppose, and what explicit indications there are of having been informed or influenced by philosophical theories of meaning, signs, and interpretation.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-08-14
Mått156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIssues in Ancient Philosophy
Antal sidor174
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367594220

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PrefaceIntroduction1 The Text and Author of the Hieroglyphica2 Linguistic Signs2.1 The Historical Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs2.2 Meaning in Horapollo2.3 Neoplatonic Theories of Meaning3 Natural Signs3.1 The Graeco-Roman Reception of the Tradition3.2 Genre: Lexicon or Encyclopedia?3.3 Natural and Artefactual Signs in Horapollo4 Divine Symbols4.1 The Christian-Pagan Controversy4.2 The Allegory of Hieroglyphic Egyptian4.3 Neoplatonic Hieroglyphics5 The Cosmos of the Hieroglyphica5.1 Horapollo’s Symbolic Hieroglyphs5.2 Horapollo’s Metaphysics5.3 Sensible Nature and the Intelligible CosmosConclusion: Re-reading the HieroglyphicaAppendixesAppendix 1: Horapollo’s Hieroglyphs and their MeaningsAppendix 2: The Egyptian Content of the HieroglyphicaAppendix 3: The Coptic Content of the HieroglyphicaBibliographyText EditionsSecondary TextsOther Primary Texts CitedOther Secondary Texts Cited