The forgotten scholar : Georg Zoëga (1755-1809) : at the dawn of Egyptology and Coptic studies

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