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Title: Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842
Subjects: Classical antiquities Civilization, Medieval
Publisher: London : M. A. Nattali
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ofhieroglyphic characters.^ The discovery of the Rosetta stone,with its three inscriptions, of whichone consists of hieroglyphic characters,the second of the Enchoria Grammata, orletters of the country, and the third ofGreek, led a Swedish diplomatist, M.Akerblad, to conclude that there wasan alphabetical system composed oftwenty-five letters only; but such analphabet never existed: on the con-trary, there were intermixed numerouscharacters, which were obviously im-perfect imitations of the more intelli-gible pictures that were observableamong the distinct hieroglyphics ofthe first inscription, such as a priest, astatue, and a mattock or plough, whichwere evidently, in their primitive state,delineations of the objects intended tobe denoted by them, and which wereas evidently introduced among theenchorial characters.* The preambleof the decree consisting, however, in a h YoUBg, 7. 9,13. Drummoad, 342i Youug, vCOMTAliv^T.WJE TAffilLE cOFKaWFirilA^ MliEJR.a3ir,JiirPHg ASX-) ILe iPTIPaSi
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•T. f^ethfTcli/r /,i//af MANUFACTURES—TRADES, &C. 535 great measure, of foreign proper names,and M. de Sacy having made out verysatisfactorily those of Ptolemy andAlexander, 1 a clue was furnished forfurther discoveries. Dr. Young hav-ing successfully led the way, ^ M.ChampoUion availed himself of thecelebrated Englishmans labours, and,as facile est addere inventis, has im-proved upon his plagiarism. The Memoir presented to the FrenchAcademy, in 1822, by M. ChampoUion,gives various kinds of hieroglyphicks,viz. Pure Hieroglyphicks, i. e. picturesof things ; Linear Hieroglyjjhicks, i. e.the substitution of particular emblems,such as are still retained in our Signsof the Zodiack, Planets, &c.; Hieratic,or Sacerdotal Writing, characters arbi-trary ; Demotic (popular) or Epistoh-graphick Writing (as the French callit), the Enchorial of Dr. Young, ^ usedfor purposes of business and civil life.®All these systems were purely idiogra-phick, i. e. they represented ideas, notsound o

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