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The forgotten scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) : at the dawn of Egyptology and Coptic studies

Title
The forgotten scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) : at the dawn of Egyptology and Coptic studies / edited by Karen Ascani, Paola Buzi and Daniela Picchi.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Ascani, Karen.
  • Buzi, Paola.
  • Picchi, Daniela.
Description
ix, 267 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Renowned for his work within the fields of Numismatics, Archaeology, Egyptology and Coptic studies, Georg Zoëga was a figure of outstanding importance both in Rome and in Europe, at the end of the eighteenth century. Although highly valued by his contemporaries, Zoëga's scientific legacy fell almost entirely into oblivion with the end of the Enlightenment. The Forgotten Scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1819) : At the Dawn of Egyptology and Coptic Studies represents an exceptional occasion to rediscover the largely unknown scientific legacy of this Danish scholar consisting of hundreds of letters, drawings, sketches, notes, and other documents, mainly preserved in the Royal Library and in the Thorvaldsen Museum of Copenhagen"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; volume 74
Uniform Title
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 74.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Archives.
  • Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Karen Ascani, Paola Buzi, Daniela Picchi -- [I] Zoega and His Time -- Georg Koes and Zoega's Manuscripts Preserved in the Royal Library in Copenhagen / Ivan Boserup -- Relics of a Friendship : Objects from Georg Zoega's Estate in Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen / Kristine Boggild Johannsen -- Georg Zoega in lettere / Karen Ascani -- Georg Zoega und Christian Gottlob Heyne / Daniel Graepler -- Zoega e la filologia / Alessandro Bausi -- Georg Zoega as Art Critic / Jesper Svenningsen -- An Antiquarian Depicted : The Visual Reception of Georg Zoega / Anne Haslund Hansen -- Georg Zoega and Friedrich Munter : The Significance of Their Relationship / Tobias Fischer-Hansen -- [II] Zoega and Numismatic Studies -- Zoega studente di numismatica : Il soggiorno a Vienna (1782) e i contatti con Joseph Eckhel / Daniela Williams and Bernhard Woytek -- Zoega, pionnier de la numismatique alexandrine / Laurent Bricault -- [III] Zoega and the Origins of Egyptology -- On the Origins of an Egyptologist / Thomas Christiansen -- In visita alla "Grande Galleria" : l'antico Egitto a Firenze / Maria Cristina Guidotti -- The Egyptian Antiquities of Bologna and Venice at Zoega's Time / Daniela Picchi -- Georg Zoega and the Borgia Collection of Egyptian Antiquities : Cataloguing as a Method / Rosanna Pirelli and Stefania Mainieri -- A Concealed Attempt at Deciphering Hieroglyphs / Paul John Frandsen -- "Covered with the Rust of Egyptian Antiquity" : Thomas Ford Hill and the Decipherment of Hieroglyphs / Patricia Usick -- De origine et usu obeliscorum : Some Notes on an Eighteenth-century Egyptological Study / Emanuele M. Ciampini -- [IV] Zoega and the Origins of Coptic Studies -- Gli studi copti fino a Zoega / Tito Orlandi -- Chenoute et Zoega : l'auteur majeur de la litterature copte revele par le savant danois / Anne Boud'hors -- The Catalogus codicum copticorum manu scriptorum qui in Museo Borgiano Velitris adservantur : Genesis of a masterpiece / Paola Buzi -- [V] Zoega and Rome -- Il collezionismo di orientalia nella Roma di Pio VI / Beatrice Palma Venetucci -- Georg Zoega e gli scavi nel territorio laziale / Beatrice Cacciotti -- Friederike Brun, Elisa von der Recke and Georg Zoega : Members of the "Universitas of Rome" / Adelheid Muller.
Call Number
JFE 15-2431
ISBN
  • 9789004290235 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9004290230 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9789004290839 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014046983
OCLC
897632482
Title
The forgotten scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) : at the dawn of Egyptology and Coptic studies / edited by Karen Ascani, Paola Buzi and Daniela Picchi.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; volume 74
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 74.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Ascani, Karen.
Buzi, Paola.
Picchi, Daniela.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-2431
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