G. Tola

Italian Institute of Oriental Studies — ISO, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

E‑mail: gabriele.tola@uniroma1.it

A Journey to the East and Back to the West: Textual Research Paths of the Bertuccioli Collection

Abstract. The article presents textual research paths connected to the works of the Bertuccioli collection, stored in the Dipartimento Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali of Sapienza University of Rome. Based on the bequest of Giuliano Bertuccioli (1923—2001), the collection is particularly rich, given the historical and personal contexts in which it was created. In fact, Bertuccioli was able to gather his texts over the years before 1949; he had the far–sightedness to buy valuable and important works, of which some are analysed in this article. The purpose is to point out research perspectives on the collection from a variety of research fields, also celebrating the profound scholarship of the late Professor Bertuccioli.

Keywords: Bertuccioli collection, sinology, Taoism, Daozang jiyao, missionary linguistics

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2023-29-1-61-67

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Received by the Editorial Board: 17.11.2022