Mark Wildish is Tutor / Honorary Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Hong Kong.

• PrefaceIntroduction1 The Text and Author of the Hieroglyphica2 Linguistic Signs2.1 The Historical Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs2.2 Meaning in Horapollo2.3 Neoplatonic Theories of Meaning3 Natural Signs3.1 The Graeco-Roman Reception of the Tradition3.2 Genre: Lexicon or Encyclopedia?3.3 Natural and Artefactual Signs in Horapollo4 Divine Symbols4.1 The Christian-Pagan Controversy4.2 The Allegory of Hieroglyphic Egyptian4.3 Neoplatonic Hieroglyphics5 The Cosmos of the Hieroglyphica5.1 Horapollo’s Symbolic Hieroglyphs5.2 Horapollo’s Metaphysics5.3 Sensible Nature and the Intelligible CosmosConclusion: Re-reading the HieroglyphicaAppendixesAppendix 1: Horapollo’s Hieroglyphs and their MeaningsAppendix 2: The Egyptian Content of the HieroglyphicaAppendix 3: The Coptic Content of the HieroglyphicaBibliographyText EditionsSecondary TextsOther Primary Texts CitedOther Secondary Texts Cited

Mark Wildish is Tutor / Honorary Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Hong Kong.

• PrefaceIntroduction1 The Text and Author of the Hieroglyphica2 Linguistic Signs2.1 The Historical Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs2.2 Meaning in Horapollo2.3 Neoplatonic Theories of Meaning3 Natural Signs3.1 The Graeco-Roman Reception of the Tradition3.2 Genre: Lexicon or Encyclopedia?3.3 Natural and Artefactual Signs in Horapollo4 Divine Symbols4.1 The Christian-Pagan Controversy4.2 The Allegory of Hieroglyphic Egyptian4.3 Neoplatonic Hieroglyphics5 The Cosmos of the Hieroglyphica5.1 Horapollo’s Symbolic Hieroglyphs5.2 Horapollo’s Metaphysics5.3 Sensible Nature and the Intelligible CosmosConclusion: Re-reading the HieroglyphicaAppendixesAppendix 1: Horapollo’s Hieroglyphs and their MeaningsAppendix 2: The Egyptian Content of the HieroglyphicaAppendix 3: The Coptic Content of the HieroglyphicaBibliographyText EditionsSecondary TextsOther Primary Texts CitedOther Secondary Texts Cited

Mark Wildish is Tutor / Honorary Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Hong Kong.

• PrefaceIntroduction1 The Text and Author of the Hieroglyphica2 Linguistic Signs2.1 The Historical Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs2.2 Meaning in Horapollo2.3 Neoplatonic Theories of Meaning3 Natural Signs3.1 The Graeco-Roman Reception of the Tradition3.2 Genre: Lexicon or Encyclopedia?3.3 Natural and Artefactual Signs in Horapollo4 Divine Symbols4.1 The Christian-Pagan Controversy4.2 The Allegory of Hieroglyphic Egyptian4.3 Neoplatonic Hieroglyphics5 The Cosmos of the Hieroglyphica5.1 Horapollo’s Symbolic Hieroglyphs5.2 Horapollo’s Metaphysics5.3 Sensible Nature and the Intelligible CosmosConclusion: Re-reading the HieroglyphicaAppendixesAppendix 1: Horapollo’s Hieroglyphs and their MeaningsAppendix 2: The Egyptian Content of the HieroglyphicaAppendix 3: The Coptic Content of the HieroglyphicaBibliographyText EditionsSecondary TextsOther Primary Texts CitedOther Secondary Texts Cited