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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460509303321

Autore

Giehlow Karl <1863-1913, >

Titolo

The humanist interpretation of hieroglyphs in the allegorical studies of the Renaissance : with a focus on the triumphal arch of Maximilian I / / by Karl Giehlow ; translated with an introduction & notes by Robin Raybould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28173-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History ; ; Volume 16

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, , 0920-8607 ; ; Volume 240

Disciplina

945/.05

Soggetti

Egyptian language - Writing, Hieroglyphic

Egyptology - Italy - History

Renaissance - Italy

Electronic books.

Italy Civilization Egyptian influences

Italy Civilization 1268-1559

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Scope and aim of the study -- The hieroglyphs of the Italian humanists -- Hieroglyphs on the Egyptian monuments known in Rome in the XVth century -- Fra Francesco Colonna and his hieroglyphs -- Hieroglyphic studies in the Italian cinquecento -- The Hieroglyphica of Pierio Valeriano Bolzano: a life’s work -- The hieroglyphic origins of the Emblemata of Alciato -- The hieroglyphics of the German and French humanists -- Appendices -- bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Hieroglyphenkunde by Karl Giehlow published in 1915, described variously by critics as “a masterpiece”, “magnificent”, “monumental” and “incomparable”, is here translated into English for the first time. Giehlow’s work with an initial focus on the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, the manuscript of which was discovered by Giehlow, was a pioneering attempt to introduce the thesis that Egyptian hieroglyphics had a



fundamental influence on the Italian literature of allegory and symbolism and beyond that on the evolution of all Renaissance art. The present edition includes the illustrations of Albrecht Dürer from the Pirckheimer translation of the Horapollo from the early fifteenth century.