The riddle of the Rosetta: how an English polymath and a French polyglot discovered the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs
"In 1799, a French officer was clearing debris from a military installation when he discovered a stele bearing three scripts: ancient Greek, hieroglyphic, and a third that could not be definitively identified. This artifact, which came to be known as the Rosetta Stone, has traditionally played...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In 1799, a French officer was clearing debris from a military installation when he discovered a stele bearing three scripts: ancient Greek, hieroglyphic, and a third that could not be definitively identified. This artifact, which came to be known as the Rosetta Stone, has traditionally played the starring role in the history of decipherment, which has until now been understood as an instance of code-breaking, a kind of Bletchley Park avant la lettre. In The Riddle of the Rosetta, Buchwald and Josefowicz delve into a wide array of British and French sources as well as archival material to produce a comprehensive new history of the decipherment. More than a puzzle-solving exercise based on a single artifact, the decipherment engaged with the era's social, cultural and intellectual contexts. It grew in the midst of heated disputes about language, historical evidence, the status of the Bible, the nature of polytheism, and the importance of classical learning. Jean-François Champollion in France and his British rival, the medical doctor and polymath Thomas Young, approached the decipherment from different standpoints derived from their contrasting temperaments, educational experiences, and attitudes to antiquity. Imbued with reverence for Greek culture and raised a Quaker, Young disdained Egyptian culture and saw Egyptian writing principally as a way to uncover new knowledge about Greco-Roman antiquity. To him, the decipherment was akin to a challenge posed by a problem in mathematics or science. Champollion's altogether different motivations and attitude unfolded amidst the political chaos of Restoration France, in fierce response to the intrigues of opposing scholars aligned with throne and altar. Unlike Young, Champollion admired ancient Egypt, and this sympathy, coupled with his willingness to upend conventional wisdom about the enigmatic Egyptian signs, freed him to travel a path down which Young refused to go. A remarkable intellectual adventure reaching from the filthy back streets of Georgian London to the hushed lecture rooms of the Institut de France, from the forgotten byways of provincial France to the splendor of the Valley of the Kings, this book reveals the decipherment in its full historical complexity"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 561 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780691200903 9780691233963 |
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| spelling | Buchwald, Jed Z. 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)14217341X aut The riddle of the Rosetta how an English polymath and a French polyglot discovered the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jed Z. Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2020] XI, 561 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "In 1799, a French officer was clearing debris from a military installation when he discovered a stele bearing three scripts: ancient Greek, hieroglyphic, and a third that could not be definitively identified. This artifact, which came to be known as the Rosetta Stone, has traditionally played the starring role in the history of decipherment, which has until now been understood as an instance of code-breaking, a kind of Bletchley Park avant la lettre. In The Riddle of the Rosetta, Buchwald and Josefowicz delve into a wide array of British and French sources as well as archival material to produce a comprehensive new history of the decipherment. More than a puzzle-solving exercise based on a single artifact, the decipherment engaged with the era's social, cultural and intellectual contexts. It grew in the midst of heated disputes about language, historical evidence, the status of the Bible, the nature of polytheism, and the importance of classical learning. Jean-François Champollion in France and his British rival, the medical doctor and polymath Thomas Young, approached the decipherment from different standpoints derived from their contrasting temperaments, educational experiences, and attitudes to antiquity. Imbued with reverence for Greek culture and raised a Quaker, Young disdained Egyptian culture and saw Egyptian writing principally as a way to uncover new knowledge about Greco-Roman antiquity. To him, the decipherment was akin to a challenge posed by a problem in mathematics or science. Champollion's altogether different motivations and attitude unfolded amidst the political chaos of Restoration France, in fierce response to the intrigues of opposing scholars aligned with throne and altar. Unlike Young, Champollion admired ancient Egypt, and this sympathy, coupled with his willingness to upend conventional wisdom about the enigmatic Egyptian signs, freed him to travel a path down which Young refused to go. A remarkable intellectual adventure reaching from the filthy back streets of Georgian London to the hushed lecture rooms of the Institut de France, from the forgotten byways of provincial France to the splendor of the Valley of the Kings, this book reveals the decipherment in its full historical complexity"-- Young, Thomas 1773-1829 (DE-588)118808184 gnd rswk-swf Champollion, Jean François 1790-1832 (DE-588)118746219 gnd rswk-swf Stein von Rosette (DE-588)4199489-9 gnd rswk-swf Entzifferung (DE-588)4297957-2 gnd rswk-swf Hieroglyphenschrift (DE-588)4159836-2 gnd rswk-swf Ägypten Altertum (DE-588)4068430-1 gnd rswk-swf Young, Thomas / 1773-1829 Champollion, Jean-François / 1790-1832 Rosetta stone Egyptian language / Writing, Hieroglyphic Ägyptisch (DE-2581)TH000005614 gbd Die Zeit bis 1800. Wissenschaftsgeschichte (DE-2581)TH000012926 gbd Frankreich, Rezeption (DE-2581)TH000005512 gbd Ägypten (DE-2581)TH000008537 gbd Stein von Rosette (DE-588)4199489-9 u Hieroglyphenschrift (DE-588)4159836-2 s Ägypten Altertum (DE-588)4068430-1 g Entzifferung (DE-588)4297957-2 s DE-604 Young, Thomas 1773-1829 (DE-588)118808184 p Champollion, Jean François 1790-1832 (DE-588)118746219 p Greco Josefowicz, Diane 1971- Verfasser (DE-588)122037847X aut Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-691-20091-0 |
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| title | The riddle of the Rosetta how an English polymath and a French polyglot discovered the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs |
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| title_full | The riddle of the Rosetta how an English polymath and a French polyglot discovered the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jed Z. Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz |
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