Sacred and profane : treasures of ancient Egypt from the Myers Collection, Eton College and University of Birmingham / edited by Eurydice Georganteli and Martin Bommas.

Publication:

London : D Giles, 2010.

Format/Description:

Book
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Subjects:

Art, Egyptian -- Exhibitions.
Art, Ancient -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.
Decorative arts -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.
Egypt -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
Art -- Private collections -- England -- Exhibitions.
Eton College. Myers Museum -- Exhibitions.
Myers, William Joseph, 1858-1899 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.

Contents:

The Myers Eton College Collection of Egyptian antiquities : travel, archaeology and collecting attitudes / Eurydice Georganteli
Travels to the beyond in ancient Egypt / Martin Bommas
The personal approach to the divine in ancient Egypt / Maria Michela Luiselli
Papyri in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt / Michael Sharp
Economy and art in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest / Eurydice Georganteli .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Accompanies an exhibition on display at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, June 2010-Jan. 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Contributor:

Georganteli, Eurydice.
Bommas, Martin.
Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781904832805 (hbk.)
1904832806
9780704427372 (pbk.)
0704427370 (pbk.)

OCLC:

666257287

Web link:

The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page

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