Dendara. Les structures décoratives du temple d’Hathor

By (author) S. Cauville

Book cover: Dendara. Les structures décoratives du temple d’Hathor

Extent: 206 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Religious Studies

Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta

Series volume number: 296

Language: French

Hardback (Published)

(December 2020)

ISBN: 9789042943407

Price: $105.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2020)

ISBN: 9789042943414

Price: $105.00

The economy of the temple of Hathor conforms to the strict standards employed in the architectural composition of its chapels. Each element is autonomous, yet they need to be perceived together. This volume catalogs and translates the decorative structures of the Temple of Hathor within their liturgical context. Based on the observance of strict rules and codes, the temple had to be presented forever as a perfect microcosm, from the floor of green silt to the vault of heaven. Egypt forms the horizontal base with its water, its land and even its gods. Philosophy develops vertically, from the subterranean crypts to the astronomical ceilings; it rises, so to speak, to Re the creator.


L’economie du temple d’Hathor repond a des normes strictes auxquelles se conforme la composition architecturale des chapelles. Chacun des elements est autonome; concus en fonction du lieu, il convient toutefois de les apprehender globablement. Le present volume catalogue, en les traduisant, les structures decoratives du temple d’Hathor; separes du contexte liturgique, des resultats partiels seraient fausses. Reposant sur l’observance de regles et de codes precis, le temple doit se presenter a jamais comme un microcosme parfait, depuis le sol de limon verdoyant jusqu’a la voute celeste. L’Egypte forme le socle horizontal avec son eau, ses terres et meme ses dieux. La philosophie se developpe verticalement, des cryptes souterraines aux plafonds astronomiques; elle se hausse, pour ainsi dire, jusqu’a Re le createur.

  • By (author) S. Cauville