Ermenegildo Pistelli
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Ermenegildo Pistelli, born in Florence
, Italian papyrologist
and palaeographer
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Pistelli finished his philological studies in Florence.
He examined numerous manuscripts found in Oxyrhynchus
, e.g. Papyrus 2
, 35, 36, Uncial 0171
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Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italian papyrologist
Papyrology
Papyrology is the study of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., as preserved in manuscripts written on papyrus, the most common form of writing material in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome...
and palaeographer
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
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Pistelli finished his philological studies in Florence.
He examined numerous manuscripts found in Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...
, e.g. Papyrus 2
Papyrus 2
Papyrus 2 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus fragment of a copy of the Gospel of John dating to the sixth century. It is currently housed at the Egyptian Museum, Florence . There is a portion of Luke 7:22-26.50 in Coptic on the reverse of the fragment.The fragment...
, 35, 36, Uncial 0171
Uncial 0171
Uncial 0171 , ε 07 is two vellum leaves of a late third century Greek uncial codex containing fragments Matthew and Luke. In the Berlin Matthew and Florence Luke are taken. Matthew is a part of the Medici Library collection in Florence, Luke – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Uncial 0171 (in the...
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Works
- De recentiorum studiis in Tyrtaeum collatis B.Seeber: Firenze 1901
- Profili e caratteri (1921)
- Per la Firenze di Dante (1921)
- Editions: Iamblichus, Protrepticus (Teubner, 1888)