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OPPONENTS AND FOLLOWERS OF HIS SCHOOL. 203
published a little essay in 1S25;1 and Guigniaut," in France,
followed Champollion, in the same year, neither, however, with
much philological talent. New theories were, however, imme-
diately brought into collision with that of Champollion, of
which the most remarkable and perseveringly followed has
been that of Spohn: that the language was a sacred dialect,
and that the hieroglyphs were not letters, but the symbols of
letters,3 which found a zealous disciple and expounder in
Seyffarth.4 He divided them into emphonic, symphonic, and
aphonia. So far as it is possible to understand what he means,
it would appear that einphonics are phonetic; symphonic, en-
clitic, or supplementary sounds; aphonics, ideographics. In
the same year Coquerel5 had applied the new discoveries to
Biblical researches; and Groulianoff, a Russian savant, had pro-
posed a modification of the system, in which he styled the
phonetical hieroglyph acrologicf which was followed by a letter
of Klaproth.7 Cardinal "Wiseman, in the succeeding year, had,
like Coquerel, applied them to Biblical studies.8 In Egypt
itself Colonel Felix had made researches on the royal names ;u
and Sir Gardner Wilkinson had, in the same year, published a
work at Malta, which not only treated upon all kind of matters
connected with the new studies, but also enlarged the voeabu-
1 Essay on Dr. Young and M. Champollion's Phonetic System of Hiero-
glyphics, 8vo. London, 1825.
3 Description d'une Caisse de Momie Egyptienne, Svo. Paris, 1825.
3 De Lingua et Litteratura Veteris iEgypti, 4to. 1S25. This idea is said to
have emanated from Cosmos Indicopleustes (Cosmographia, 161), in the sixth
century.
4 Rudimenta Hieroglyphices, 4 to. Lipsia;, 1825 ; Brevis Defensio Hiero-
glyphices inventse a Spohn et Seyffarth. 4to. Lipsiffi, 1S27.
6 Biographie Sacrce, 8vo. Amst. 1825-G.
fi Essai sur les Hieroglyphes, 4to. Paris, 1S27.
7 Seconde Lettre sur les Hieroglyphes, Svo. Paris, 1827.
8 Hone Syriaca:, Svo. London, 1828. 9 Notes, 4to. Pisa, 1S2C.
published a little essay in 1S25;1 and Guigniaut," in France,
followed Champollion, in the same year, neither, however, with
much philological talent. New theories were, however, imme-
diately brought into collision with that of Champollion, of
which the most remarkable and perseveringly followed has
been that of Spohn: that the language was a sacred dialect,
and that the hieroglyphs were not letters, but the symbols of
letters,3 which found a zealous disciple and expounder in
Seyffarth.4 He divided them into emphonic, symphonic, and
aphonia. So far as it is possible to understand what he means,
it would appear that einphonics are phonetic; symphonic, en-
clitic, or supplementary sounds; aphonics, ideographics. In
the same year Coquerel5 had applied the new discoveries to
Biblical researches; and Groulianoff, a Russian savant, had pro-
posed a modification of the system, in which he styled the
phonetical hieroglyph acrologicf which was followed by a letter
of Klaproth.7 Cardinal "Wiseman, in the succeeding year, had,
like Coquerel, applied them to Biblical studies.8 In Egypt
itself Colonel Felix had made researches on the royal names ;u
and Sir Gardner Wilkinson had, in the same year, published a
work at Malta, which not only treated upon all kind of matters
connected with the new studies, but also enlarged the voeabu-
1 Essay on Dr. Young and M. Champollion's Phonetic System of Hiero-
glyphics, 8vo. London, 1825.
3 Description d'une Caisse de Momie Egyptienne, Svo. Paris, 1825.
3 De Lingua et Litteratura Veteris iEgypti, 4to. 1S25. This idea is said to
have emanated from Cosmos Indicopleustes (Cosmographia, 161), in the sixth
century.
4 Rudimenta Hieroglyphices, 4 to. Lipsia;, 1825 ; Brevis Defensio Hiero-
glyphices inventse a Spohn et Seyffarth. 4to. Lipsiffi, 1S27.
6 Biographie Sacrce, 8vo. Amst. 1825-G.
fi Essai sur les Hieroglyphes, 4to. Paris, 1S27.
7 Seconde Lettre sur les Hieroglyphes, Svo. Paris, 1827.
8 Hone Syriaca:, Svo. London, 1828. 9 Notes, 4to. Pisa, 1S2C.