Hieroglyphic Frieze
HIEROGLYPHIC b8r · p.31
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)
Two-register frieze with emblematic figures: chariots, winged beings, dolphins, anchors, vessels. Below: Latin majuscule inscription.
In the Narrative
The first of the HP's pseudo-hieroglyphic friezes — Colonna's invented 'Egyptian' symbolic language. The emblems encode a message that combines Roman imperial imagery with invented symbolic grammar.
Related Folio
Folio b8rSource: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH