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

"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...

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Other Authors: Ascani, Karen, Buzi, Paola, Picchi, Daniela
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2015.
Subjects:
Zoega, Georg, > 1755-1809.
Zoega, Georg, > 1755-1809 > Archives.
Coptic Church > Historiography.
Coptic Church > Study and teaching.
Archaeologists > Denmark > Biography.
Egyptologists > Biography.
Numismatics, Ancient.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Rome > Antiquities.
ISBN:9789004290235
9004290230
ISSN:1566-2055 ;
Table of 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.

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