Ohjer'oations in Egypt. ^97 



from undergoing a Variety of Transformations, was, accord- 7»<^3utterfl> 

 ing to Kircher, expreffive of the manifold Power and Influence 

 of the Deity. The fame Author calls it, Tapilio Vracontomor- 

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

 {Thjrfi^s Tapyraceus or Junceus) Bearded Bullrufh, 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 ^'''. ^'"'," "f 



, , Animals Wtre 



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 0/iris. 

 The Eye* denoted Forelight and Providence ; and,being joyned^;^^ Eye. 

 to a Sceptre, fignified alfo the Power oi Oftris. The rights/;? Hand?. 

 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 andSacred 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 tYiQUeHead, 



Bodies of i 

 fere?!t An'i 

 mals joyn 

 together. 



they probably typified the principal Charafter of the Crea- 

 ture ^itfelf; by the other, the united Chara6fcers of them both. 

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

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



T TaJpset y kl/.p^'i^a^t Wo j^{c/a-f<'« x«po!T«. Ctirm. Orphic, apud Euf. Prjep. Evang. p.6i. i Ha/ox 

 y ii" jfct^oi (iisKofityoi, yjjKKtiy ■rroiiaf 'S.ihmw Si, J^*"*"* (JimoH^ls, y^-ja tc KuetoKoyifxiVcr fiS'of. Clein.^lex,ind. 

 l.j. p. 6^7. 3 Inui Panis cornua, barb^sque prolixa demiflio naturam lucis oftendunt, qua 

 Sol & ambitum c^eli fuperioris illuminat & inferiora colluftrat. Macrob. 1. i. cap. 22. Ad 

 indicandam radiorum projeftionem aiireis cornibus Li^<:n Frontem infignibant; ex quo cum 

 Gr£.d x?"<™'«p«i' cognominarunt. Sic Horat. Cartn. 1.2. Od. 19. 

 Te vidit infons Cerberus anreo 

 Cornu decorum. 

 Item Sidon. Apollinar. 



Caput aurea rumptmt 

 Cornua, & ind'tgenam jaculantur fulminis igtiem. 

 Vid. yileand. Explic. Tab. Heliacs. p. 23. 



4 O <A' oySaAfiOf c/Txnf TOfMTOJ. )^ Tmyjif n oifMiOf pixat^. D'tod. S'u. 1. 3. Toi" Ji Oetetv au) Tnh^iv l^^aX^iZ 

 lij mM'£^(i ■)^ipiiv7h a* li i^h 7h 'sroy'iiiu' ifJ^ituyfi, vi 'j nr J^jvct/juy. Plut. de Ifid. &C Of. p.^71. j H y-h 

 Jt^ia, nt Jk)LTuK6uf ixTnajKErowf 'tyji-joa anynuvH jSjis ■jotiff/iy. H '^ lucSvofMi mfneiv 1^ pKaiuiy ^^nfMTtir, D'tod. 

 Sic.l.^. Per manum extenlam fignificabant beneficentiam Geniorum. Abeneph. apud K/Vf/;. 

 Obcl. Pamphyl. p. 442. 6 Uii^uyit "5 Ah'tupj/'cm tb 1^ e)'6p>«a< <u fj.iTttf<rtoi h^iat/ 7^ et/ua ^ \tuay S'uyai[Xfaf 

 CI Alex. SltOtn. l.^. p. 668. de Cherubim. 7 it 'i^ ydf nyeu rtif koJ' Aiyv^oy <f\jyi9<us ':x*V^^ 

 •sSm TMy «?cjA.iv Kiiyjuy K) •vti^av )ij JfaxiyTniy mn^Tn^Mf, <nifxh<i tyu «?%« " )^ -Tmii fiiy JiyJ^a, •mni "'''P' 'f' ^' 

 oTi 1^ ^[XdctfMmv MiiS'ay i^nr isrirSr KHfit\^s ix Wt}a. Died. I.I. p. 39. Hinc totmultiformes Deorum 



Hhhhh of 



Heads of divers Animals, either alone, fixed to a Rod, or tOfere'J/ aJ- 

 the Body of fome other Creature : by the firft of which Symbols, ""^ ' ■"^"' 



