The Myth of Egypt and Its Hieroglyphs in European Tradition

allegorical alphabet already Ammianus Marcellinus ancient antiquity archaeological architecture artistic became called century Černy Champollion Christian classical Clement of Alexandria conception considered copied Coptic culture cursive hieroglyphs decipherment decorative demotic divine dynasty edition efforts Egyp Egypt Egyptian art Egyptian hieroglyphs Egyptian language Egyptological elements emblems emperor explained expressed extent fact French Giehlow glyphic graphic Greek Hermes Trismegistus hieratic hiero hieroglyphic inscriptions hieroglyphic studies hieroglyphic tradition hieroglyphic writing Hieroglyphica Horapollo Hypnerotomachia ideas ideograms illustrated important inspired invention Isis Kircher l'Égypte language Leibniz letters literary literature material means method monuments mystic names nature Neo-Platonic obelisk obvious ordinary original ornamental orthographic Osiris Paris period philosophical phonetic picture PLATE Plotinus Plutarch Poliphilo political published religious Renaissance representations represented Roman Rome Rosetta stone scholars script seen significance signs style symbolic temple theories translation triliteral true undoubtedly uniliterals Valerianus Volkmann Winckelmann's words written Zoëga