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Identifier: antiquitsherculan07davi (find matches)
Title: Les antiquités d'Herculanum : avec leurs explications en françois
Year: 1780 (1780s)
Authors: David, François-Anne, 1741-1824 Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803
Subjects: Art, Roman -- Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city) Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works
Publisher: A Paris : Chez David, graveur ...
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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eà cette époque. Dun autre côté , les mêmes Egyptiens , en reftreignant leursidées , caradérlfoient le Soleil par les quatre âges de la vie hu-maine. Ils fe le peignoient tour-à-tour fous les traits dunenfant, dun jeune homme, dun homme fait & dun vieillard ,pour faire allufion aux quatre faifons de lannée, & aufli auxquatre parties du jour. Puis ils auront voulu réunir ces quatredifférens états fous un feul & même perfonnage, & rappro-cher les extrêmes , comme dans la figure qui nous occupe ence moment. La peau de lion qui la coëfTe efl bien encore dans lefprit desEgyptiens : « Primi (dit Tacite , ann. XI. 14. ) primi per ngu-« ras animaliuîn iEgyptii fenfus mentis exprimebant ». On faitquils peignoient leurs idées, aiilieu de les écrire , & quilsétoient dans lufage de donner un corps aux abflraftions. Ceflainfi que , pour fe rappeller les rayons dorés du Soleil, ils tra-çoient la crinière fauve duiv Lion , & fans doute que U figne du
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TomVn. (73) cîu mois de Juillet eft un des fiagmens échappés à lantique tradition hiiroglypiiique. Il en réiulta un grand inconvénient,dont nous nous reffemons encore. Le Peuple des bords duNil qui ne vit que d^s yeux du corps les opérations de re^pritde ces Sages , prit à la lettre , & pour ce quils lui paroilToientêtre, les objets matériels quon navoit dabord expofé à fes re-gards que pour foulager fa mémoire ; & il en perdit bientôttout-à fait le fens. Peut-être même fut-il en cela merveilleufe-ment fécondé par fes chefs adroits & mal-intentionnés. De-là,la fuperilition & toutes fes fuites ; de-là, les oignons dEgypte,le Dieu-Chien, ou le Chien Anubis, le Dieu - Bœuf, ou leBœuf Apis , &:c. &c. &c. erreurs dautant plus capitales ,quelles fe gravèrent aifément & profondément fur des cerveauxencore neufs; enforte que plus dune font venues jufquà nous;car ce neft pas feulement dans le Zodiaque quon ppurroit re-connoître des t

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  • bookid:antiquitsherculan07davi
  • bookyear:1780
  • bookdecade:1780
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:David__Fran__ois_Anne__1741_1824
  • bookauthor:Mar__chal__Sylvain__1750_1803
  • booksubject:Art__Roman____Italy_Herculaneum__Extinct_city_
  • booksubject:Herculaneum__Extinct_city_____Pictorial_works
  • bookpublisher:A_Paris___Chez_David__graveur____
  • bookcontributor:Getty_Research_Institute
  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:252
  • bookcollection:getty
  • bookcollection:americana
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