The Enlightenment rediscovery of Egyptology : Vitaliano Donati's Egyptian expedition, 1759-62
| 1. Verfasser: |
Morecroft, Angela Scattolin,
, [VerfasserIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London ; New York :
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxvi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Egypt |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Morecroft, Angela Scattolin, author., Enlightenment rediscovery of Egyptology (Online version:) | ISSN: 9781315616131 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- Vitaliano Donati
- Donati's Egyptian journey
- Loss of the collection and the "quinternetto"
- The written evidence from the Turin Egyptian Museum
- The new primary source: Donati's list
- The statues in Donati's collection
- Investigation and identification of the oil lamps
- Statuettes and other small objects
- Conclusion
- Appendix I: author's translation of the excavation of the two statues, from Donati's journal
- Appendix II: full list of oil lamps in the Barucchi catalogue
- Appendix III: full list of oil lamps in the Orcurti catalogue
- Appendix IV: full list of oil lamps in the FRL catalogue
- Appendix V: photographs of some boxes of oil lamps in the vases storeroom.
