In-8 (196 x 130 mm), de 10 pp. Broch�, couverture de papier marbr�. Tir� � part du Bulletin universel des sciences et de l'industrie,�novembre 1825.La conservation de la collection des papyrus du Vatican avait �t� confi�e � Angelo Mai et, - alors que l'antagonisme de Lanci envers Champollion �tait � son comble - conscient de la v�racit� des th�ories du jeune fran�ais, il l'invita � Rome pour travailler sur les papyrus."Under their [Pius VII and Leo XII] pontificates, the Vatican acquired a collection of Egyptian papyri from the Franciscan missionary Angelo da Pofi and from Giovanni Battista Belzoni. The care of the papyrus collection was entrusted to Angelo Mai (1782-1854), Prefect of the Vatican Library. Aware of Champollion's theories, Mai invited him to Rome to work on the papyri when antagonism towards the Frenchman was strongest. Abbot Michelangelo Lanci condemned Champollion's findings as false, since, in the abbot's opinion, they contradicted the Bible" (The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art, p. 175).Belle �tude consacr�e par Champollion � l'un des papyrus conserv�s au Vatican, peu de temps apr�s avoir effectu� la premi�re traduction des hi�roglyphes. Apr�s une description minutieuse du papyrus et des dieux et d�esses �gyptiens qui y sont repr�sent�s, Champollion met en perspective l'influence de la culture fun�raire de l'Egypte sur celle des religions occidentales: "Nous n'insisterons pas davantage sur de tels rapprochements, parce qu'il suffit de les avoir indiqu�s pour faire comprendre quel pr�cieux renseignement sur les origines de la religion des Grecs et des Romains, peut fournir l'�tude approfondie des monumens de tout genre qui nous restent de l'antique �gypte".Les papyrus du Vatican furent d�crits dans le Catalogue des papyrus �gyptiens du Vatican. publi� la m�me ann�e � Rome.

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Title: Explication de la principale sc�ne peinte des papyrus fun�raires �gyptiens.
Publisher: Fain
Publication Date: 1825
Binding: Couverture souple
Edition: first edition.
Condition: Bon

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