The heart of wisdom
Subtitle: studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt
By: Rogério Sousa
Series: BAR international series -- 2211; BAR international series -- 2211.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781407307695
Subjects: Egyptian Amulets; Heart in art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-133).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The depiction of the heart amulet in Egyptian art. The heart of illumination; title: The heart of wisdom; title: The heart of justification; title: The heart of divine birth; title: General implications of the meaning of the heart amulets; title: The typology of the heart amulets. The pendulum heart amulets; title: The vase heart amulets; title: The cornice heart amulets; title: Composite forms of the heart amulet. The human-headed heart amulets; title: The animal-headed heart amulets; title: The flower heart amulets; title: The solar heart amulets; title: The ritual uses of the heart amulet. The heart amulet in leonine locks; title: The heart amulet in the weighing of the heart; title: The heart amulet and the journey through the Duat: the iconographical reading of the papyrus of Nesipautitaui (SR 1025); title: The heart amulet and ritual: some clues from iconography; title: The cardiac amulets and dualism. The distinction between the heart amulet and the heart scarab in iconography; title: Magical purpose of the heart scarab in the Book of the Dead; title: The magical purpose of the heart amulet; title: The cardiac amulets and the cardiac words (ib and haty); title: The symbolism of cardiac amulets; title: The dualistic nature of the heart; title: The "implicit theory" of the heart. The heart amulet of illumination and the mythic cyle of Horus; title: The heart amulet of justification and the mythic cyle of Osiris; title: The heart amulet of divine birth and the mythic cyle of the Sun god; title: The heart scarab and the mummification; title: Documental corpus; title: Illustrations; title: Abbreviations; title: Bibliography.