scholarly journals A proposito di due cassette per viscere di età tolemaica nel Museo Egizio di Torino (Cat. 2423 e Cat. 2425)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Marini
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
Late Period ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Content Type

Two wooden, plastered and painted chests for viscera, belonging to Tabes (Cat. 2423) and Tasheritnetkhonsu (Cat. 2425), are held at the Egyptian Museum in Turin. Produced between the end of the Late Period and the beginning of the Ptolemaic Period, they have never been studied in depth. The aim of this paper is to provide detailed morphological and iconographic descriptions of these chests, present a transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphic texts on them, discuss their date through stylistic comparisons and a prosopographical study, and draw some conclusions about their true function and, more generally, about the function of this kind of objects. The author argues that both chests come from Bernardino Drovetti’s collection, acquired by the Egyptian Museum in 1824. They probably originate from Ptolemaic burials within a Late Period Theban Tomb (TT 414) investigated by Drovetti’s agents in the early nineteenth century. ملخص البحث: يوجد بالمتحف المصري بتورينو صندوقان خشبيان مغطيان بطبقة ملونة من الجص، يحتفظان بأحشاء وينتميان إلى تا-بس (Cat. 2423)، تا-شريت-نت-خنسو (Cat. 2425). تم صنع هذين التابوتين في الفترة بين نهاية العصر المتأخر وبداية العصر البطلمي، ولم يتم دراستهما بتعمق. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى توفير وصف بنيوى وتصويرى مفصل لهذان الصندوقان، وتقديم النقل الحرفي للنصوص الهيروغليفية المنقوشة عليهما وترجمتها، بالإضافة إلى مناقشة تاريخهما من خلال إجراء مقارنات أسلوبية ودراسة تاريخ من استخدموا هذا النوع من التوابيت، واستخلاص بعض الاستنتاجات حول وظيفتهما الحقيقية وجدوى هذا النوع من العناصر بشكل عام. يرى المؤلف أن كلا الصندوقين ينتميان إلى مجموعة "برناردينو دروفيتي"، التي حصل عليها المتحف المصري في عام 1824. كما يُعتقد بأنهما قد تم اكتشافهما على الأرجح ضمن مقابر العصر البطلمي بداخل مقابر طيبة الجنائزية الخاصة بالعصر الفرعوني المتأخر (TT 414) التي قامت بتنقيبها بعثة دروفيتي في أوائل القرن التاسع عشر.

Historicizing health and education

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
Patrice Milewski
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
School Children ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
The Body ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Politics Of The Body ◽  
Scientific Ethos

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical roots of the modern relationship between health and education. The author draws on the work of Michel Foucault and Georges Canguilhem to make the case that the transformation of medical knowledge in the early nineteenth century created new ways knowing that was the foundation of a modern relationship between health and education. Design/methodology/approach Using the archives of ophthalmology, the author demonstrates how new medical knowledge and scientific methods were the basis of investigations of the eyesight of school children in the early nineteenth century. These investigations reflected the nineteenth century scientific ethos that placed a premium on techniques such as counting, measuring, statistical reasoning, and empirical observation to form the grounds of legitimacy of an autonomous “objective” knowledge. The modern relationship between health and education was an instance of a generalized medico-scientific interest in the health of populations that utilized the methods of empirical positivist science whose speculative interest was aimed at defining the normal. Findings Scientific investigations of the eyesight of school children in the early nineteenth century contributed to the formation of an anatomo-politics of the body and a biopolitics of population through a “medical mathematics” that defined a relation between eyesight, health and education. Originality/value This study illustrates how sources such as the archives of ophthalmology can broaden and deepen our understanding of the relation between health and education.

De opkomst van de ‘nationale ramp’

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-186
Author(s):  
Ruben Ros
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rich Variety ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
National Disaster

Abstract In the early nineteenth century the concept of ‘national disaster’ makes its appearance in Dutch periodicals, marking a rich variety of events, developments and ideas as disastrous for the wellbeing and integrity of the nation. This article shows how the concept of ‘national disaster’ is rooted in changes in the meaning and use of the concept of ‘disaster’. Guided by a computational analysis of Dutch newspaper discourse in the period between 1750 and 1850, the article demonstrates how the concept of ‘disaster’ was increasingly used in political discourse from the early nineteenth century onwards. The politicization of the concept of disaster, and its application to ideas about the public sphere and national territory led to the emergence of the ‘national disaster’.

scholarly journals Accounting for madness: the “Real Casa dei Matti” of Palermo 1824-1860

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1111-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warwick Funnell ◽  
Valerio Antonelli ◽  
Raffaele D’Alessio ◽  
Roberto Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Lunatic Asylum ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lunatic Asylums ◽  
Accounting Reports ◽  
First Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role played by accounting in managing an early nineteenth century lunatic asylum in Palermo, Italy. Design/methodology/approach The paper is informed by Foucault’s studies of lunatic asylums and his work on governmentality which gave prominence to the role of statistics, the “science of the State”. Findings This paper identifies a number of roles played by accounting in the management of the lunatic asylum studied. Most importantly, information which formed the basis of accounting reports was used to describe, classify and give visibility and measurability to the “deviance” of the insane. It also legitimated the role played by lunatic asylums, as entrusted to them in post-Napoleonic early nineteenth century society, and was a tool to mediate with the public authorities to provide adequate resources for the institution to operate. Research limitations/implications This paper encourages accounting scholars to engage more widely with socio-historical research that will encompass organisations such as lunatic asylums. Originality/value This paper provides, for the first time, a case of accounting applied to a lunatic asylum from a socio-historical perspective.

scholarly journals Accounting for the male domination through legislative empowerment of upper-middle class women in the early nineteenth century Spain

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 1174-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Capelo Bernal ◽  
Pedro Araújo Pinzón ◽  
Warwick Funnell
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Male Domination ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Spanish Law ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Upper Middle Class

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address both the neglect of non-Anglo-centric accounting gendered practices beyond the predominant professional setting and the controversial roles of women and accounting in power relationships inside the household. Analyzing a Spanish upper-middle class Catholic family in the early nineteenth century, the research focuses on the reciprocal interaction of accounting with practices and processes of daily life in a rigid patriarchal socio-cultural and juridical context. Design/methodology/approach This microhistory draws upon several archives, including in Spain the Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cádiz. In England, the Bath Record Office has preserved documents and correspondence, both personal and business related, and the Worcester Record Office preserved notarial documents concerning the family. The large number of letters which have survived has facilitated an in-depth study of the people who were affected by accounting calculations. Findings In a juridical context where women were conceived as merely the means for the circulation of property between two families, the evidence shows that accounting provided the proof of women’s patrimony value and the means to facilitate their recovery in this cosification process. Although women had a little involvement in the household’s accounting and management, they demonstrated confidence in accounting, fulfilling a stewardship function for the resources received. Also, evidence shows that by using accounting practices to shield supposedly defenseless women, this reinforced male domination over women and promoted the view that the role of women was as an ornament and in need of a good husband. Originality/value Contrasting with the Anglo-Saxon contemporary context, the Spanish law preserved a woman’s property rights, guaranteeing recovery of properties owned by her before marriage should the marriage be legally annulled or be dissolved because one of the spouses’ death. This required a detailed accounting of the wife’s properties brought to her marriage, most especially regarding the dowry provided by her family.

scholarly journals Two Late Period Jars with a Hieratic Label from Giza (Turin S. 1954 and S. 1955)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Facchetti ◽  
Susanne Töpfer
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Text ◽  
Late Period ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

The Museo Egizio in Turin holds numerous artefacts found at Giza during archaeological excavations conducted by Ernesto Schiaparelli in February 1903. Among the material from the Late Period, two clay vases stand out because they carry a hieratic inscription. They were most likely used as containers for remains of the embalming process, stored in one of the so-called “embalming caches” that are found in Late Period funerary contexts. Many vessels with hieratic and Demotic inscriptions have come to light at Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Thebes, but none that is published bears an inscription similar to that of these two Turin vessels. The aim of this contribution is to draw attention to these objects and their – so far unattested – inscriptions to give researchers working on embalming material and its archaeological context further study material. ملخص هذا البحث الموجز يسلط الضوء على آنيتين متواجدتين في المتحف المصري في تورينو ويبرز عليها الكتابة الهيراطيقية. وجدت أثناء الحفريات الأثرية التي أجراها إرنستو سكياباريللي في الجيزة في شباط/فبراير 1903، على الأرجح من الموقع المسمى بـ "مخبأ التحنيط"، كان شائعاَ في العصر المتأخر ضمن المباني الجنائزية. ظهرت العديد من الأواني عليها نقوش هيراطيقية والديموطيقية في الجيزة وابو صير وسقارة وطيبة، ولكن لا يوجد عليها نقش مماثل لنقوش هاتين الآنيتين.

scholarly journals Rediscovering the Nineteenth-Century Display of the Museo Egizio’s “Statuario”

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgia Cafici
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The State ◽  
Early History ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
State Archive ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Shed Light

The article presents the rediscovery and analysis of important documents concerning the early history of the Museo Egizio in Turin, which are currently held in the State Archive in Turin. The study of these papers shed light on a crucial phase in the history of the museum, allowing the author to retrace features of the display of the statue gallery of the Museo Egizio in the 1850s. ملخص يعرض هذا المقال إعادة الكشف ودراسة وثائق مهمة متعلقة بالتاريخ القديم للمتحف المصري في تورينو، تلك الوثائق محفوظة حالياً في أرشيف الدولة في مدينة تورينو. ألقت دراسة هذه الأوراق الضوء على مرحلة مميزة من مراحل تاريخ المتحف، الأمر الذي أتاح للمؤلف استعادة نموزج العرض في قاعة التماثيل للمتحف المصري في الخمسينيات للقرن التاسع عشر.

scholarly journals Three Faience Rosette Discs in the Museo Egizio in Turin: The Early Ramesside Pharaohs in the Eastern Delta, and Their Glittering Palaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Webb
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stone Monuments ◽  
Death Knell

Three small faience rosette discs now in the Museo Egizio of Turin, one of which has a given provenance from Heliopolis, while another bears the inscription ‘Tel el-Yahoudeh’, form an intriguing introduction to a certain type of Egyptian palace architectural decoration. They also trace the sorry story of the pillage of Ramesside sites in the Delta. Not only was it possible for near contemporary Pharaonic activity to transport and relocate the majority of the stone monuments of a whole city (Qantir-Piramesses to Tanis), to the extreme puzzlement of Egyptologists, but the smallest elements of certain ritual buildings also proved irresistible, since for the sebakhin they were highly portable and saleable. The renewed commercial opportunities offered by European travellers in the nineteenth century sounded the death knell for buildings decorated with these attractive decorative elements. Here I shall take a detailed look at the rosette tiles, their possible sources, and the light they throw on techniques of faience manufacture. ملخص البحث: ترتكز الدراسة فى هذا المقال على دراسة ثلاثة أقراص صغيرة من الفاينس الوردى موجودة حاليا بالمتحف المصرى بتورينو، إحداهما وفقاً للسجل فهى من هليوبوليس، فى حين أن آخرى من تل اليهودية، حيث تشكل هذه القطع الثلاث مقدمة مثيرة للإهتمام لنوع معين من الزخارف المعمارية في القصر المصري. كما أنها تتبع القصة المؤسفة لنهب مواقع الرعامسة فى الدلتا. على جانب واحد كان من الممكن للنشاط الفرعونى المعاصر نقل معظم المعالم الحجرية لمدينة بأكملها (على سبيل المثال قنطير-بررمسيس إلى تانيس)، مما أدى إلى حيرة علماء المصريات، ليس لهذا السبب فقط بل أيضاً عن كيفية نقل العناصر الصغيرة للغاية من زخرفة بعض المبانى الطقسية، فى الواقع هذا قد يكون راجعاً للسباخين الذين كانو قادرين على حملها وبيعها. وقد أتاحت الفرص التجارية المتجددة التى ظهرت للمسافرون الأوربيون فى القرن التاسع عشر بداية النهاية للمبانى المزخرفة بهذة العناصر الزخرفية الجذابة. هنا ومن خلال البحث سوف يلقى المؤلف نظرة مفصلة على البلاط الوردى، مصادرة المحتملة، وعلى ضوء معرفة تقنيات تصنيع الفاينس.

A history of some fruit models in wax and other materials: scientific teaching aids and courtly table decorations

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-JüRgen Lechtreck
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Scientific Teaching ◽  
Glass Marble ◽  
History Of ◽  
By Products ◽  
Wax Models

Two early nineteenth century texts treating the production and use of wax models of fruit reveal the history of these objects in the context of courtly decoration. Both sources emphasise the models' decorative qualities and their suitability for display, properties which were not simply by-products of the realism that the use of wax allowed. Thus, such models were not regarded merely as visual aids for educational purposes. The artists who created them sought to entice collectors of art and natural history objects, as well as teachers and scientists. Wax models of fruits are known to have been collected and displayed as early as the seventeenth century, although only one such collection is extant. Before the early nineteenth century models of fruits made from wax or other materials (glass, marble, faience) were considered worthy of display because contemporaries attached great importance to mastery of the cultivation and grafting of fruit trees. This skill could only be demonstrated by actually showing the fruits themselves. Therefore, wax models made before the early nineteenth century may also be regarded as attempts to preserve natural products beyond the point of decay.

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