Isis in Bologna: Hieroglyphica and Aegyptiaca in Bologna's book collections between the 16th and 17th centuries
The rediscovery of the ancient Egyptian civilization is a distinctive feature of humanistic culture. This Egyptomania, which extends also to the seventeenth and the subsequent centuries, is well documented in early printed books and focuses on two symbolic objects: the Late Roman treatise on hierogl...
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University of Bologna
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Bibliothecae.it |
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| Online Access: | https://bibliothecae.unibo.it/article/view/11991 |