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Obelisk: a History OBELISK A HISTORY Brian A. Curran | Anthony Grafton | Pamela O. Long | Benjamin Weiss burndy library, cambridge, massachusetts, 2009 Obelisk_001-011_FM_v6.indd 3 12/10/08 8:47:57 AM Copyright © 2009 The Burndy Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Obelisk : a history / Brian A. Curran . [et al.]. p. cm. — (Burndy Library publications ; new ser., no. 2) Co-authors: Brian A. Curran, Anthony Grafton, Pamela O. Long, and Benjamin Weiss. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-51270-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Obelisks. I. Curran, Brian A. (Brian Anthony), 1953– II. Grafton, Anthony. III. Long, Pamela O. IV. Weiss, Benjamin. DT62.O2O53 2009 731´.76—dc22 2008034163 Portions of Brian Curran’s contributions to chapters 3, 4, 6, and 7 derive from or develop material recently published in his book The Egyptian Renaissance: The Afterlife of Ancient Egypt in Early Modern Italy (University of Chicago Press, 2007) and are included here with the permission of the press. Diagram on page 27 by Mary Reilly. Distributed by the MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England. Printed and bound in Spain. Obelisk_001-011_FM_v6.indd 4 12/10/08 8:47:57 AM Index Page numbers for illustrations are in aqueducts: 105; Acqua Vergine (Rome), boldface. 107; Acqua Felice (Rome), 144, 145 Arabic: conquest, 61; scholars, 62; source, 165; words for obelisk, 61–62. Africa: Eritrea, 291; Ethiopia, 35, 291– archaeology, 89, 199–200, 215–16: 93; Liberia, 291; Somalia, 291. See Renaissance, 73–75, 76, 89–90, 100; also Aksum. Christian, 148, 264–65, 267–68 Agrippa, Camillo, 107–09, 108 architect/engineers. See engineers. Agustín, Antonio, 154–55 Aretino, Pietro, 67, 283 Aksum (Ethiopia), 226, 291–93. astragals, 36–37, 44, 66, 80, 96, 131, 132, Albani: family, 180, 201, 209, 247; 138, 194 Alessandro, 210, 215; Villa, 225 astronomy, 153–54, 218–19, 220. See also Alberti, Leon Battista, 72, 76–78, 80–81, Egypt and Egyptians: astronomy. 85, 137 Aswan. See quarries. Alexander the Great, 32–33, 90, 179, 193, Augustine, Saint, 149 194, 202, 232, 233 Augustus (Roman emperor). See Emper- Alexander, Sir James, 258–59, 264, 265 ors, Roman: Augustus. See also Alexandria (Egypt), 22–23, 32–33, 36, 45, Mausoleum of Augustus. 46, 48, 51, 54–56, 75, 207, 231, 233, 243, 244, 258, 269, 278 Bandini, Angelo Maria, 19, 204, 215–20, Ammianus Marcellinus, 42, 53, 54–55, 217, 219, 226 73–74, 76, 80, 134, 149, 155, 215 Bankes, Sir William, 239 Angelin, Justin-Pascal, 228, 252, 250 Barberini: Francesco (Cardinal), 203; Annius of Viterbo (Giovanni Nanni), Palazzo Barberini, 209. 88–89, 168 Bargaeus, Petrus, 143 “Anonimo Magliabechiano,” 69–72, 75 Baronio, Cesare, 148, 158 Antinori, Giovanni, 193–96, 199–201 Barthélemy, Auguste, 254, 255 Antinous, 48–49, 67, 203 Basilica(s), 106, 145, 148, 190: San antiquarianism and the study of antiq- Giovanni in Laterano, 11, 14, 21, 23, uity, 69, 73–83, 85–90, 94–101, 148–58, 62, 94, 136–37, 195; Santa Maria 161–73, 208–27. See also Egypt and Maggiore, 46, 62, 109–10, 136, 188, Egyptians: antiquities of. 193; St. Peter’s, 59, 76, 78, 86, 90–92, ͢ 375 ͣ Obelisk_296-384_BM_v5.indd 375 12/10/08 9:30:18 AM 91–92, 94, 102–34, 140, 145, 181, 214. also Catholic Church; churches; See also Churches; Rome; Vatican. obelisks and Christianity. Bembo, Pietro, 162 churches, Rome, 190: San Carlo, 193, benben, 14–15, 27. See also pyramidion. 196; San Lorenzo in Lucina, 93; San Bernini, Gianlorenzo, 48, 165, 172–73, Macuto, 70, 71, 72; Santa Maria degli 180, 181, 184 Angeli, 197; Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Bible, 88, 266–68, 267 62, 68; Santa Maria in Trastevere, Bolzanio, Fra Urbano, 93–94 220–21; Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Borchardt, Ludwig, 31–32 138; San Rocco, 95, 193; Paris: Mad- Boyle, Robert, 151, 187 eleine, 247; Pisa (near): San Piero in Brahe, Tycho, 156, 183 Grado, 65–66; Prague: Saint Vitus, Bramante, Donato, 91–93, 157 290; use of pagan objects in, 220–22. Britain, 230–31; protectorate of Egypt, See also basilicas. 236. See also London. Circus: in Constantinople, 57, 58, 59; British Museum, 237, 258; plan to obtain of Capo di Bove, 70; Maximus (Tar- obelisk, 242 quinius Priscus), 37–38, 39–49, 45, Bruno, Giordano, 148, 156 53–55, 61, 62, 70, 71, 136–37, 156, 291, Buenos Aires, 286 295; of Maxentius, 48, 67, 67, 165, Bunker Hill (Charlestown, Mass). See 173; Varianus (near Via Labicana), obelisk, at Boston (Bunker Hill). 49, 67; Vatican (Circus of Nero), 44, Buondelmonti, Cristoforo, 74 58–59, 148, 214 Burndy Library, 8, 9–10 Clement of Alexandria, 87 Cleopatra’s Needle(s), 36–37, 46, 207, Caesar, Julius. See Julius Caesar. 232, 233, 233–34, 242–44, 247, 256, Cairo, 17, 75, 207, 232, 234, 237, 242, 272 257–78, 260, 261, 263, 265, 266, 267, Cambyses (Persian king, 530–522 bce), 272, 273, 274, 274–78, 277, 279, 280, 32 40, 53 284–85 Cancellieri, Francesco, 194, 199 Cleopatra. See Ptolemies of Egypt. cardinals, 110, 115: Pier Donato Cesi, Coacci, Vincenzo, 193–94 113; Pompeo Colonna, 100; Filippo Collegio Romano, 163, 174. See also Guastavillanus, 113; Ferdinando Jesuits. de’Medici, 113, 114, 138; Alessandro column(s), 98, 221, 270: of Antoninus Peretti, 118; Felice Peretti, 110–11; Pius, 34, 41, 194, 199; Egyptian, 207, Francesco Sforza, 113; Giles of 234; at E.U.R. (Rome, dedicated to Viterbo, 91 Guglielmo Marconi), 291; of Marcus castello, 119, 121–24, 123, 124–25, 126–31 Aurelius (Rome), 145, 248, 269; at 127, 132, 135, 136–37 Place Vendôme (Paris), 248; Pom- catacombs, 148 pey’s Pillar (Alexandria), 207, 269; in Catholic Church, 72–73, 185–86; rituals Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Rome), 62– of, 137, 141–43, 190, 215 63; Trajan’s (Rome), 84, 145, 146, Caylus, Comte de, 209 248, 269 Cesi family, 98; palace of, 113 Constantinople. See Istanbul. Champollion, Jean-François, 226, 237– Conti Family: Michelangelo, 184–85. 40, 241, 243–44, 268, 279, 280, 286 See also popes: Innocent XIII. Champollion-Figéac, Jacques-Joseph, Cooper, W. R., 280 250 Copernicus, Nicolaus, 153, 183 Chigi, Agostino, 98 Coptic, 163–65, 171, 174, 238, 281 Christianity, 8, 50, 52, 53, 86, 104–06, Cornelius Gallus (prefect of Egypt), 35– 132, 141–49, 172–79, 292; history of, 36, 44–46 148; imposition of on ancient monu- Correggio, Giovanni Mercurio da ments, 145–47, 148–49, 264–66. See (street-corner prophet), 86–87 index ͢ 376 ͣ Obelisk_296-384_BM_v5.indd 376 12/10/08 9:30:18 AM cosmos: symbolism of, 37–40; plan of at 171–73, 172. See also Bernini; Hypne- Piazza San Pietro, 182–83, 183 rotomachia Poliphili. Council of Trent, 104–05 emperors, Roman, 234, 285: Arcadius Coutelle, Jean-Marie-Joseph, 235, 247 (395–408 ce), 57–58; Augustus (28 Curio, Celio Augusto, 100 bce–14 ce), 35–40, 44, 46, 50, 68, 70, Cyriacus of Ancona, 72, 75–76, 81, 205 74, 76, 96, 137, 142, 153, 156, 196, 232, 295; Caligula, Gaius (37–41 ce), 42, De Mille, Cecil B., 284 44, 50, 74, 75, 126; Caracalla (211–217 Decembrio, Angelo, 76–78 ce), 168; Constantine (306–337 ce), Deir el-Bahri, See temples, Egyptian. 53–55; Constantius (337–340 ce), 54– Denon, Vivant, 232 55, 136; Domitian (81–96 ce), 46–48, Descartes, René, 183 51, 67, 239, 241; Hadrian (117–138 Dibner, Bern, 8–9, 10; Moving the ce), 48–49, 94, 150, 203; Julian “the Obelisks, 8–9 Apostate” (360–363 ce), 55–56; Max- Diodorus Siculus, 73–74, 80, 87, 89, 155, entius (306–312 ce), 48; Nero (54–68 208 ce), 58–59; Tiberius (14–17 ce), 36, Dondi dall’Orologio, Giovanni, 69 44–46, 50, 70, 142; Theodosius I (379– Druids, 88 395 ce), 44, 55–57; Titus (79–81 ce), 70; Vespasian (69–79 ce), 48, 70 Egypt and the Egyptians, 13–33, 35–36, Engelbach, Reginald, 25, 31, 31 53, 61, 76, 80, 93, 100, 147, 150–53, engineers and engineering, 37, 78, 107– 168, 184–85, 186: 205–06, 226–27, 255, 37, 111, 254–55, 269–70, 271; Bartolo- 264–65, 266, 268, 269–70, 272, 275, meo Ammanati, 114–15; Matteo 276, 279, 281; Apis (sacred bull of), Bartolani, 136; Giorgio Croci, 293; 89, 212; antiquities and artifacts of, George Dixon, 259, 260–61, 272; 94, 98, 138, 150–52, 158, 206–07, Giacono del Duca, 114; École des 208–09, 212, 213, 215, 233, 237, 248– Ponts et Chaussées, 246, 254; 49; astronomy of, 152–54; British Giovanni Fontana, 114; French, 231– blockade of, 234–35; building con- 32, 246; Jean-Baptiste Apollinaire struction in, 13; cotton production Lebas, 246, 248, 250, 254; Chistian in, 231; French conquest of, 230–35; Menn, 288; Jože Pleˇcnik, 289–90; obtaining obelisks from the Ottoman Giacomo della Porta, 114–15; Antonio sultan, 207; travel to, 205–08; Valley Ilarione Ruspoli, 114; Giulio Savor- of the Kings, 208; Wisdom of, 87, gnano, 116; Alessandro Specchi, 209; 168, 154–55, 158. See also Alexandria; Badino da Stabia, 136; Francesco Egypt; religion: Egyptian; study Tribaldesi, 114; Franco Zagari, 202. of (Egyptology); Egyptian magic; See also Alberti, Leon Battista; Fon- Forum Julium; hieroglyphs; Luxor tana, Carlo; Fontana, Domenico; (Thebes); obelisk(s); pharaoh(s). Zabaglia, Nicola. Egypt, study of (Egyptology), 85, 97–101, Enlightenment, 209; approach to 151–59, 162–77, 205–27, 231–32, obelisks, 222–27; French, 231–32; 236–37, 281, 286; Egypt Exploration German, 222–27 Society, 267–68; Institut National Ercolani, Luigi, 193–94 d’Égypte, 234–35.
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