Hermeneuma hieroglyphicorum : Zu einem Skizzenblatt von Giovanni Antonio Dosio

Grimm, Alfred (2024) Hermeneuma hieroglyphicorum : Zu einem Skizzenblatt von Giovanni Antonio Dosio. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 64 (3-4). pp. 311-345. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

The present paper attempts to reveal the sources of a drawing by Giovanni Antonio Dosio (1533–1611) showing an obelisk inscribed with pseudo-hieroglyphs in the context of the classical authorities Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Tacitus and Pliny the Elder. Dosio's artistic engagement with hieroglyphic studies is a characteristic feature of the humanistic scholarly community of his time. The inscription on the obelisk designed by Dosio proves to be an attempt to formulate the humanae vitae conditio in cryptographic manner by means of pseudo-hieroglyphs, i.e. with symbolic reference to the mysterious wisdom of ancient Egypt.

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