El coleccionismo de antigüedades de Oriente Próximo en Españael legado de Virgilio Sevillano en el Museo de Zamora. Estudio preliminar
- Lucía Brage Martínez
- Juan Luis Montero Fenollós
- Andrés Carretero Pérez (coord.)
- Concha Papí Rodes (coord.)
- Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero (coord.)
Publisher: Subdirección General de Documentación y Publicaciones ; Ministerio de Educación Cultura y Deporte
Year of publication: 2018
Pages: 907-916
Congress: Congreso Internacional de Historia de la Arqueología (5. 2018. Madrid)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
Virgilio Sevillano Carbajal (1890-1975) was a diplomat from Zamora interested in archaeology and ancient history. Between 1958 and 1960, at the end of his professional career, he worked as a counselor and ambassador in the legations of Spain in Lebanon and Jordan, which helped him to get in touch with what he called «the archaeologists’ paradise». His passion for the historical past led him to create an important collection of antiquities during the three years he was living in the Near East. Virgilio Sevillano had reiterated to his relatives the willingness to donate, after his death, his personal collections to a museum in his native land. In 1984, the oriental legacy of Sevillano entered the Museum of Zamora. Since 2016, a joint project between the museum and the University of Coruña has been started to carry out its study.