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Piario: una nuova proposta toponomastica
No full textPiario (Bergamo) dall'orobico *Plariom < indoeuropeo *PlHriyom "fondo di valle", da cui anche il limnonimo celtico *Larion; in appendice, etimologia indoeuropea dell'inglese pier, tedesco Pier < germanico *p[r]euzo "frangiflutti" < indoeuropeo *breusáH "i luoghi dove si fanno spruzzi" (cfr. beer, Bier < germanico *breuran < indoeuropeo *bhreurom "fermento"
Ho vedute con sorpresa le Piramidi. Tre lettere inedite di Alessandro Ricci dall\u27Egitto - I Saw the Pyramids with Surprise. Three Unpublished Letters by Alessandro Ricci from Egypt
No full textThis article presents three previously unpublished letters written by the Sienese physician and draughtsman Alessandro Ricci during his first journey to Egypt between 1817 and 1818. Long considered elusive, these documents—addressed to Francesco Spannocchi-Piccolomini and discovered between 2010 and 2024—shed new light on Ricci’s early months in Egypt, his expectations, disappointments, and gradual shift from medicine to exploration. The letters trace his arrival in Alexandria, his disillusionment with medical prospects in Cairo, and his first encounters with Egypt’s antiquities, including a vivid description of the Pyramids. They also illuminate the networks of patronage, diplomacy, and commerce that shaped his career, revealing how Ricci navigated financial difficulty and uncertain employment while positioning himself within the circles of Henry Salt and other key figures. As the earliest surviving testimonies of Ricci in Egypt, these documents refine our understanding of his formative experiences and motivations as an emerging explorer
Le tombe amarniane della necropoli tebana
No full textLa tesi si divide in quattro sezioni. Nella I sezione ci si propone di indagare la situazione storica e religiosa del periodo di riferimento. Essa è articolata in tre capitoli, dedicati rispettivamente alla fase tebana del regno di Amenhotep IV, alla fase finale del regno di Akhenaten, alle caratteristiche della religione funeraria amarniana. La II sezione si propone di studiare comparativamente le necropoli di el-Amarna, Menfi e Tebe (XVIII-XIX dinastia). La III sezione si occupa delle tombe tebane costruite e/o decorate in Età amarniana (TT 181, 192, 55, Hatiay, 188, 1352, 136, K99.1, 40, 49, 271) in riferimento a storia delle pubblicazioni, programma decorativo iconografico e testuale, caratteristiche architettoniche, particolari temi inerenti al dibattito storico. Un capitolo finale cerca di riassumere tutte queste caratteristiche con metodologia comparativistica. La IV sezione si occupa più generalmente di prosopografia e tratta i funzionari che dispongono di più tombe e i funzionari noti per altre fonti ma la cui tomba non è ancora stata trovata
New documents on the life and death of Domenico Enegildo Frediani (1783-1823) traveller and poet in Egypt and the Sudan
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“«Viaggi del dottore Alessandro Ricci di Siena fatti negli anni 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822 in Nubia, al Tempio di Giove Ammone, al Monte Sinai, e al Sennar». Edizione critica e commento”
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Alessandro Ricci (ca. 1795-1834) era un medico e disegnatore senese che fra 1817 e 1822 viaggiò in Egitto e in Nubia al servizio di Henry Salt e William J. Bankes. Venne ingaggiato per eseguire una ricognizione epigrafica di diversi siti archeologici nel Sinai, Oasi di Siwa e in Nubia. Ricci ha lasciato un resoconto delle sue esplorazioni, di cui questa tesi rappresenta l’edizione cirtica: Viaggi del Dottor Alessandro Ricci.
Nel Capitolo 1 si cerca di definire lo stato delle relazioni fra la Toscana e l’Egitto nella prima metà del 19 secolo.I Capitoli 2-4 rappresentano la biografia di Ricci. Nel Capitolo 2 si discute la personalità di Ricci e il suo retroterra culturale. Nel Capitolo 3 si tratta la prima esperienza di viaggio in Egittofra 1817 e 1822. Nel Capitolo 4 si delinea l’opera di revisione del manoscritto, la partecipazione alla famosa Spedizione Franco-toscana (1828-29), la malattia e la morte (1834). Il Capitolo 5 si concentra sulle collezioni archeologiche, naturalistiche ed etnografiche di Ricci. Nel Capitolo 6 si discute i Viaggi come un testo: la storia della sua stesura, le caratteristiche codicologiche, gli argomenti trattati, la struttura e lo stile narrativo. Il Capitolo 7, infine, è dedicato alla ricostruzione delle tavole che Ricci aveva originariamente allegato al manoscritto. Segue l’edizione critica dei Viaggi, con più di mille note esplicative, tavole e mappe dettagliate delle regioni visitate.
Abstract
Alessandro Ricci (d. 1834) was a physician and draughtsman from Siena who between 1817 and 1822 travelled in Egypt and Nubia in the service of Henry Salt and William J. Bankes. He was hired to make an epigraphic survey of archaeological sites in Sinai, Siwa Oasis and Nubia, reaching as far as Sennar. Alessandro Ricci left a travel account; Travels of Dr. Alessandro Ricci. Its critical edition is the topic of this dissertation.
In Chapter 1 I tried to point out the state of the relationship between Tuscany and Egypt in the first half of the 19th century. Chapters 2 to 4 represent a biography of Ricci. In Chapter 2 I discussed early sources, defining his personality and cultural background. In Chapter 3 I dealt with his first experience in Egypt between 1817 and 1822. In Chapter 4 I outlined the later life of Ricci, his revision work on the manuscript, his participation in the famous Franco-Tuscan expedition to Egypt and Nubia (1828-29) and eventually his sickness and death (1834). In Chapter 5 I focused on Ricci’s collections of antiquities, ethnographical and natural history objects. In Chapter 6 I discussed the Travels as a text: its story, its physical characteristics, its many topics and, on a literary point of view, its structure and narrative style. Chapter 7, finally, is devoted to the thorough discussion of the plates which Ricci originally attached to the manuscript. The critical edition of the Travels follows, with more than a thousand explicatory notes, plates and detailed maps for the regions visited
David Roberts in Egypt and Nubia. Unpacking the Orientalist Lithographs that Defined an Age
No full textDavid Roberts’ lithographs of Egypt, Nubia, and the “Holy Land” (1842–49) remain among the most widely recognised visual representations of the region. Their enduring popularity derives from the apparent accuracy of his meticulously detailed views, the exceptional chromatic quality of early lithographic printing, and the dramatic Romantic settings that appealed strongly to 19th-century sensibilities. Framed through a picturesque lens, these images offered early “postcards” of an exoticised Orient, satisfying Western desires to view and consume ancient monuments, crowded streets, and idealised scenes of daily life. Roberts epitomises the Victorian Orientalist painter: market-oriented, theatrically inclined, and shaped by the ethnocentric attitudes accompanying European colonial expansion. Although photography soon surpassed lithography as a medium promising greater realism, interest in Roberts’ work revived in the late 20th century, when his imaginative, emotionally charged visions once again appealed to audiences disenchanted with the starkness of photographic “truth.” His images endure as nostalgic renderings of a culturally constructed Orient
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
“THE DISCOVERIES I HAD BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MAKE IN THIS COUNTRY”: SIX UNPUBLISHED LETTERS FROM GIOVANNI B. BELZONI TO WILLIAM J. BANKES (1817-19)
No full textThis article publishes for the first time six letters exchanged between Giovanni Battista Belzoni and William John Bankes between 1817 and 1819, a pivotal period in the formation of Egyptian pre-archaeology. Written in Italian and imperfect English, these documents illuminate Belzoni’s major undertakings beyond his 1820 Narrative, including the removal of the “Young Memnon,” the opening of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, the clearing of Khafra’s pyramid, the discovery of several royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and explorations in Bahariya and the Fayum. They also reveal the uneven dynamics between the self-made Italian strongman-turned-explorer and the cultivated English gentleman who patronised him. The correspondence traces the rise of their collaboration and its gradual deterioration, shaped by class disparity, competing ambitions, and shifting claims over discoveries. Edited with minimal orthographic intervention, these letters offer new archival insights into Belzoni’s methods, motivations, and intellectual positioning within early European antiquarian networks
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