Orsolina Montevecchi Explained

Orsolina Montevecchi (18 March 1911 – 1 February 2009) was an Italian papyrologist.

Life and career

Montevecchi was born in Gambettola, Forlì-Cesena. She graduated from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore with a thesis on sociological research in the papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt.^[1] Since 1950, she has worked as a lecturer and then as a professor at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where she spent the rest of her career. She was the author of numerous publications on the topic of Graeco-Roman Egypt, sociological studies in papyrology and provenance studies.^{[2] [3]}

She was also the chief editor of Italian journal of Egyptology and papyrology, Aegyptus (1969–2002) and a member of the Association Internationale de Papyrologues (AIP).^[4] She died in Milan in 2009, aged 97.

Notes and References

1. Balconi. Carla. L'opera scientifica di Orsolina Montevecchi. Aegyptus. 91. 151–156.
2. Montevecchi. Orsolina. L'"altro" in età tolemaica e romana. Aegyptus. 82. 113–117.
3. Montevecchi, O. (1998). La provenienza di P. Oxy. 984. Aegyptus, 78(1), 49-76
4. News: Orsolina Montevecchi, un ricordo indelebile. 2018-03-08. it.