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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo

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How a Man Skilled in Celestial Matters

When they would symbolise a man skilled in celestial matters, they depict A CRANE FLYING;  2 for she always flies very high, to inspect the clouds lest they send forth a storm, that she may remain in quiet. 

Footnotes
145:2 The Ibis denotes Thoth, who was the Egyptian inventor of astronomy.
145:3 Treb. hæc enim ita alte advolat, ut nubes videat et tangat, "for it flies so high that it inspects and touches the clouds."