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Author:
Morecroft, Angela Scattolin, author.
Title:
The Enlightenment rediscovery of Egyptology : Vitaliano Donati's Egyptian expedition, 1759-62 / Angela Scattolin Morecroft.
Publisher:
Routledgean imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xxvi, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Donati, Vitaliano,--1713?-1763.
Museo egizio di Torino--Catalogs.
Egypt--Antiquities.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
1409447774
9781409447771
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1005056557
LCCN:
2017045017
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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