Hieroglyphica, siue, De sacris Aegyptiorum literis commentarii, Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bolzanii Bellunensis
Pierio Valeriano's Hieroglyphica, a Latin commentary on Egyptian symbols and emblematic meanings, printed by Michael Isengrin at Basel in 1556 for humanist scholars and readers of emblem literature. Some 290 square woodcuts show men handling goats, eagles tearing carcasses, and other animal emblems in bare hilly landscapes, plus figured initials with nude figures and beasts.
