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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.

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Author:   Karen Ascani ,  Paola Buzi ,  Daniela Picchi
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   74
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9789004290235

ISBN 10:   9004290230
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   19 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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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Karen Ascani, M.A. (1969) University of Copenhagen. She has published articles on Georg Zoega and his time and is the editor (together with O. Andreasen ()) of his Briefe und Dokumente II-V including an index which also covers volume I (1967) (University Press of Southern Denmark 2013). Paola Buzi, Ph.D (2002), is Assistant Professor of Egyptology and Coptic Culture at the Sapienza University of Rome. She combines the study of Coptic literature and codicology with the field work in the Fayyum and Asyut. She has published several monographs and articles in reviewed journals, including some catalogues of Coptic manuscripts. Daniela Picchi, board-member of CIPEG - ICOM (2013), is Head of the Egyptian Collection at the Archaeological Museum of Bologna (2006). She combines the museological activities with the study of the history of collecting as well as field work at Saqqara. She has published several monographs and articles, as well as exhibition catalogues.

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