Research Catalog

Title

The heart of wisdom : studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt / Rogério Sousa.

Author

Sousa, Rogério

Publication

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.

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Details

Description

vi, 133 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 2211

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 2211.

Subjects

• Amulets, Egyptian
• Heart > Symbolic aspects
• Heart in art
• Heart > Religious aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-133).

Contents

Introduction -- The depiction of the heart amulet in Egyptian art. The heart of illumination -- The heart of wisdom -- The heart of justification -- The heart of divine birth -- General implications of the meaning of the heart amulets -- The typology of the heart amulets. The pendulum heart amulets -- The vase heart amulets -- The cornice heart amulets -- Composite forms of the heart amulet. The human-headed heart amulets -- The animal-headed heart amulets -- The flower heart amulets -- The solar heart amulets -- The ritual uses of the heart amulet. The heart amulet in leonine locks -- The heart amulet in the weighing of the heart -- The heart amulet and the journey through the Duat: the iconographical reading of the papyrus of Nesipautitaui (SR 1025) -- The heart amulet and ritual: some clues from iconography -- The cardiac amulets and dualism. The distinction between the heart amulet and the heart scarab in iconography -- Magical purpose of the heart scarab in the Book of the Dead -- The magical purpose of the heart amulet -- The cardiac amulets and the cardiac words (ib and haty) -- The symbolism of cardiac amulets -- The dualistic nature of the heart -- The "implicit theory" of the heart. The heart amulet of illumination and the mythic cyle of Horus -- The heart amulet of justification and the mythic cyle of Osiris -- The heart amulet of divine birth and the mythic cyle of the Sun god -- The heart scarab and the mummification -- Documental corpus -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography.

ISBN

• 9781407307695
• 140730769X

LCCN

2010671326

OCLC

• 723158089
• ocn723158089
• SCSB-5577874

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries