Un Frankenstein sémiotique : les hiéroglyphes d’Athanase Kircher
The aim of this study is to show the process Father Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) used to translate Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. Rejecting any link between script and language, Kircher would interpret hieroglyphs as a collection of symbols whose meanings were to be discovered. In his quest, he reli...
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Université de liège
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Signata |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/signata/1899 |