The forgotten scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) : at the dawn of Egyptology and Coptic studies
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The forgotten scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) : at the dawn of Egyptology and Coptic studies
(Culture and history of the ancient Near East / edited by B. Halpern ... [et al.], v. 74)
Brill, c2015
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Renowned for his work within the fields of Numismatics, Archaeology, Egyptology and Coptic studies, Georg Zoega 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, Zoega's scientific legacy fell almost entirely into oblivion with the end of the Enlightenment. The Forgotten Scholar: Georg Zoega (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.
Table of Contents
Preface K. Ascani, P. Buzi, D. Picchi
Zoega and His Time
Chapter 1: Georg Koes and Zoega's manuscripts preserved in the Royal Library in Copenhagen I. Boserup
Chapter 2: Relics of a friendship. Objects from Georg Zoega's estate in Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen K. Boggild Johannsen
Chapter 3: Georg Zoega in lettere K. Ascani
Chapter 4: Georg Zoega und Christian Gottlob Heyne D. Graepler
Chapter 5: Zoega e la filologia A. Bausi
Chapter 6: Zoega as art critic J. Svenningsen
Chapter 7: An antiquarian depicted. The visual reception of Georg Zoega A. Haslund Hansen
Chapter 8: Georg Zoega and Friedrich Munter. The significance of their relationship T. Fischer-Hansen
Zoega and Numismatic Studies
Chapter 9: Zoega studente di numismatica. Il soggiorno a Vienna (1782) e i contatti con Joseph Eckhel D. Williams, B. Woytek
Chapter 10: Zoega, pionnier de la numismatique alexandrine L. Bricault
Zoega and the Origins of Egyptology
Chapter 11: On the origins of an Egyptologist T. Christiansen
Chapter 12: In visita alla 'Grande Galleria': l'antico Egitto a Firenze M. C. Guidotti
Chapter 13: The Egyptian antiquities of Bologna and Venice at Zoega's time D. Picchi
Chapter 14: Georg Zoega and the Borgia collection of Egyptian antiquities: cataloguing as a method R. Pirelli, S. Mainieri
Chapter 15: A concealed attempt at deciphering hieroglyphs P. J. Frandsen
Chapter 16: "Covered with the rust of Egyptian antiquity": Thomas Ford Hill and the decipherment of hieroglyphs P. Usick
Chapter 17: De origine et usu obeliscorum: some notes on an eighteenth-century Egyptological study E. Ciampini
Zoega and the Origins of Coptic Studies
Chapter 18: Gli studi copti fino a Zoega T. Orlandi
Chapter 19: Chenoute et Zoega : l'auteur majeur de la litterature copte revele par le savant danois A. Boud'hors
Chapter 20: The Catalogus codicum copticorum manu scriptorum qui in Museo Borgiano Velitris adservantur. Genesis of a masterpiece P. Buzi
Zoega and Rome
Chapter 21: Il collezionismo di orientalia nella Roma di Pio VI B. Palma Venetucci
Chapter 22: Georg Zoega e gli scavi nel territorio laziale B. Cacciotti
Chapter 23: Friederike Brun, Elisa von der Recke and Georg Zoega: Members of the 'Universitas of Rome' A. Muller
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