It is printed with a sort of movable type, and each character is a pictograph or hieroglyph. |
He argued that the use of V for five is due to the fact that it is a kind of hieroglyph representing the open hand with its five fingers. |
Originally, as a hieroglyph, the character is based on the action of opening two doors of a gate. |
Here, the mirror is a hieroglyph for truth and confronts us with realities we might prefer not to see. |
There is very little paint preserved, but each hieroglyph is a fully formed work of art, a tiny masterpiece cut in finest limestone. |
The scandal lies also in the fact that the transgression is visible, appearing like a strange hieroglyph on her face that others contemplate with fear and trepidation. |