Ohjervations in Egypt. ^py 



from undergoing a Variety of Transformations, was, accord- ri.Buttcrfly. 

 ing to Kir Cher, expreifive of the manifold Power and Influence 

 ot the Deity. The fame Author calls it, Tafilio Dracontomor- 

 pjjus, and, at the fame Time, very juftly obferveth, that The 

 {TJjyrfi^s Tapyraceus or Junceus) Bearded Bullruili, is ufually 

 placed before it, typifying thereby the Plenty and Affluence 

 which flows from the Divine Being. 



Neither were thefe and fuch like Animals, when whole and ^^^,^"'''''^''/ 

 entire, made ufe of in their fymbolical Reprefentations, huVy''"^'°''^^'''^ 

 the Parts likewife and Members of fome of them. Thus the "°"^=• 

 Horns of the Bull, which are ufually gilded ', were typical 

 both of the Horns of the Moon% and of the Beams of the Sun \ 

 according as they were placed upon the Head of IJis or Ofiris. 

 The Eye* denoted Forefight and Providence ; and,being joynedT''^^ Eye. 

 to a Sceptre, fignified alfo the Power of Ofiris. The rightr/^^ Hands. , 

 Hand \ with the Fingers open, typified Plenty ; but by the 

 left, were underftood the contrary Qualities. Wings ' were wings. 

 emblematical of the Swiftnefs and Promptitude, which the 

 DeitieS; Genij and Sacred Perfons, to whom they are given, may 

 be fuppofed to make ufe of, for the Service of the Univerfe. 



But, befides the Parts already mentioned, we often fee thQUe Head avd 

 Heads of divers Animals, either alone, fixed to a Rod, or toffre'a "aJu 

 the Body of fome other Creature : by the firft of which Symbols, ΙοΙπΙΤ."^ 

 they probably typified the principal Charadler of the Crea- 

 ture' itfelf; by the other, the united Charadlers of them both. 

 Thus the Head of the Hawk, Ibis, Lyon, Dog, &c. is fre- 

 quently joy ned to the human Body ; the Head of a Woman, or 



^i TaJpscj S' αμφαΐίζω^ι i'Jo χξυ7(^α κ^λτλ. C.irm. Orphic, apud Euf. Praep. Evang. p.6i. 2 Ηλίον 

 y Ki' jfii4'" βϋλό^ΐΌ/, κύΛλον TO/ia-c Χί\ίιην J^, ^ημα μηοίΐ^ί!, >ig.-m vi κνεχαΚί•^ίμ-:ναγ ίΐίο(. Clem.^lexand. 

 l.j. p.(5j7• 3 Inui Panis cornua, barbxque prolixa demiffio natiiram lucis oilendunt, qua 

 Sol & ambitum cxli fupeiioris illuminat & inferiora colliiftrat. Macrob. 1. i. cap. 22. Ad 

 indicandam radioium projedioncm aurcis coy n\hvL% Libcri Frontem infiijnibant: ex quo eum 

 ΟϊΛά x^'jnia^av cognominarunt. Sic Horat. Carm. 1.2. Od. 19. 



Te vidit hifons Cerberus aureo 



Cormi decorum. 

 ItemSidon. Apollinar. 



— Caput aureu rumpunt 



Cornua, & indigenam jaculantur fulminis ignem. 

 Vid. yileand. Explic. Tab. Heiiacae. p. 23. 



4 Ο Λ' ό?)θ«λ|ΐΜί Jiii»! 7»fH7*f. ^ τηντνί η σάμαΎ®' ιρύλ«|. D'lod. Sic. l.j- Tof Λ' 0Λ£/ν Au ττάκιν Ι^^α'ΚμΖ 

 ■^ <η.ΛτΆξω ^ίφιιυσι, ώγ τι μϊν τϋν ιαςβγοιαΐ' Ιμφιύνα, η 3 τϋν ■Λ/ΐ'α/ι^ίΐ'. Plut. de Ifui. & Of. p. 271. f Η μ» 

 ΛξίΛ Πί JitXTuKout Ικηταμίνονί Ι^ιυσα (Γκμαίνα βίχ •ττοείιτμόν. Η 3 li^iaiOfiOf Thfuaiy )U φ -jf^am Ύξαμάταγ. Diod. 

 S'lc.l.^. Per manum extenlam figniticabant beneficcntiam Geniorum. Abenepb. apad Kirch. 

 Obel. Pampnyl. p. 442. 6 UTifuyif j Af!7«pj/'a< te li^iyifyniu ki μίτή^αιοι S'i^icot 75 'άμα >L) hcuay ί'υνάμίαν 

 CI. Alex. Strom. 1 j. p. 66^. de Cherubim. 7 Ev Idti yaf maj. το?? καΤ AiyuT^lov Jbyaicu! «ζϊ^ιτίθιδζ 

 ■Bty τ»!» Kipuhiv λίοντδιΐ' i^ -τανξων j^ JfiKoviav 'σζ^τζμΛ!, τΊΐμί^ί τήί af^iif • i^ τπιΤΈ μίν JivJ}*, τπτΐ 3 •τΓρ, tti ^ 

 οη^^τυμΜμά,ταν iMaS^av Ιγπι Ιττϊτϊί xsfaAni Ια oKtyt. Diod. l.i. p.??• Hinc totmultiformes Deorum 



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