An edition of The heart of wisdom
(2011)
The heart of wisdom
studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt
by Rogério Sousa
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Egyptian Amulets, Heart in art, Amulets, Heart, Symbolic aspects, Religious aspectsShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The heart of wisdom: studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt
2011, Archaeopress
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-133).
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