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hiératique

hieratic

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Byzantine painting has a hieratic feeling and icons were and still are seen as a representation of divine revelation. en.wikipedia.org

These figures were arranged in asymmetrical and hieratic compositions, hovering on a rough textured plane, inspired by ancient fresco. en.wikipedia.org

Like hieroglyphs, hieratic was used in sacred and religious texts. en.wikipedia.org

Many of them served as glosses to original hieratic and demotic equivalents. en.wikipedia.org

Hieratic is noted for its cursive nature and use of ligatures for a number of characters. en.wikipedia.org

Two were inscribed in hieratic, but they are poorly preserved and the name of their owner is lost. en.wikipedia.org

However, in antiquity, the majority of texts were written on perishable papyrus in hieratic and (later) demotic, which are now lost. en.wikipedia.org

Subsequent excavations in 1977 recovered some pottery shards with hieratic inscriptions listing the content, origin and destination of the vessels. en.wikipedia.org

It was found within a coffin that bore his name in hieroglyphs, and on his bandages his name was again written in hieratic script. en.wikipedia.org

Note that the glyph associated with "w/u" also has a hieratic abbreviation. en.wikipedia.org

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