engraving antique from 1822
Very pretty and unusual engraving dating from 1822, taken from a work on religion, mythology, archeology and astrology. Entitled: "Division of the Zodiac into 36 parts with the names of the decans and the distribution of the Planets.". Both very decorative and informative. This engraving represents the division of the zodiac with its decans. Each of them were associated with Egyptian gods.
Dimensions: 21cm x 29cm
Usual conservation condition, with the usual marks of time: More or less light watering, foxing, handwritten inscriptions, large brown stains... Please look at the photos!
In ancient Egypt, the decans were these stars that the priest-astronomers designated in order to observe their successive heliacal risings every decade, that is to say every 10 days. The heliacal rising of a decanal star, taken as a signal for the last hour of the night, followed a period of total invisibility of 70 days, a highly symbolic duration since Egyptian mythology associated it with that put by the deceased for be reborn in the afterlife. It was also for 70 days that the mummification took place.
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