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The Etruscan Library![]() Etruscan Museums and Archeological Sites
IntroductionThis "Etruscan Library" started off on Ancient Sites (sadly now off-line), and was first compiled by "Tuscus Sempronius" on that site. The references in the original library were used as a nucleus for this new library, and I gratefully acknowledge the previous contributions of Tuscus Sempronius to this project. If you have any suggestions or comments, please email me . I would welcome any recommendations , particularly for newer publications. Web Sites links here are published at the discretion of the author.
General IntroductionsSybille Haynes "Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History" Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles 2000A new and very worthwhile introduction to the Etruscans. Excellent Illustrations (See Bryn Mawr Review) Larissa Bonfante.(editor) Etruscan life and afterlife : a handbook of Etruscan studies. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, c1986. .
Time-Life
Publications.Etruscans: Italy's Lovers of Life. 1995. Lost Civilizations series.
L. Bonfante, Etruscan Life and Afterlife. A handbook of Etruscan Studies, 1986
M. Cristofani, The Etruscans, 1979
M. Pallottino, The Etruscans, 1975
Etruscan ArtBrendel, Otto J. Etruscan Art. New Haven and London: Yale University Press/Pelican History of Art, 1995. (See Bryn Mawr Review)
Mansuelli, G. A. The art of Etruria and early Rome. New York: Crown Publishers, 1965. Richard Daniel De Puma, Jocelyn Penny Small, Murlo and the Etruscans: Art and Society in Ancient Etruria. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994 (See Bryn Mawr Review)
Moretti, Mario. The Art of the Etruscans. Harry N. Abrams, inc., New York. 1970.
Richardson, Emeline Hill. The Etruscans, their art and civilization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964.
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) Sketches of Etruscan places and other Italian essays. Cambridge University Press, 1992. Vighi, Roberto. The New Museum of Villa Giulia. Rome: Tipgrafia Artistica A. Nardini, 1959.
LanguageBonfante, Giuliano and Larissa 1983. The Etruscan Language: An Introduction. New York and Manchester: New York University Press. Comprehensive, good bibliography, inscriptions, mirrors, short lexicon, grammar, etc.Bonfante, Larissa, *Etruscan*. Reading the Past, v. 8. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press/British Museum, 1990 (See Bryn Mawr Review)
Pfiffig, Ambros Josef, Die Etruskische Sprache, Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsansalt Graz-Austria, 1969- German language edition
HistoryTitus Livius.The history of Rome.Translated by 5 different translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850.Sprenger, Maja and Gilda Bartoloni. The Etruscans : their history, art, and architecture. Photographs by Max and Albert Hirmer. Translated from the German and Italian by Robert Erich Wolf. H.N. Abrams, 1983.
John F. Hall, ed., Etruscan Italy. Etruscan Influences on the Civilizations of Italy from Antiquity to the Modern Era. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1996 [1997]. (Seth and Maurine D. Horne Center for the Study of Art, scholarly series.) (See Bryn Mawr Review) Pallottino, Massimo. A History of Earliest Italy. Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 1991. Bloch, Raymond. The ancient civilization of the Etruscans. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. Ancient Civilizations Series. New York: Cowles Book Co, 1969
CultureBanti, Luisa. 1973. The Etruscan Cities and Their Culture. [trans. Erika Bizzarri ]. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of CA Press.Bonfante, Larissa. 1975. Etruscan Dress. John Hopkins University Press. Bonfante, Larissa, ed. 1986. Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. Cristofani, Mauro. 1979. The Etruscans: A New Investigation. [trans. Brian Phillips] London: Orbis Publishing Ltd. Grant, Michael. 1980. The Etruscans. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson. Historical NovelsHaynes, Sybille. 1987. The Augur's Daughter: A Story of Etruscan Life. Rubicon Press, U.K.Waltari, Mika. 1956. The Etruscan. trans. Lily Leino. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Dated, But Still Worthwhile:Hamblin, Dora Jane. 1975. The Etruscans. (The Emergence of Man Series). New York: Time-Life Books.Heurgon, Jacques. 1964. Daily Life of the Etruscans. La Vie Quotidienne chez les Etrusques. trans. James Kirkup. 1961. New York: Macmillan Co. Keller, Werner. 1974. The Etruscans. A.A. Knopf. Translation from German of popular account by non-estruscologist. Scullard, H. H. 1967. The Etruscan Cities and Rome. Thames and Hudson/ London and Southampton: The Camelot Press. Recently reissued. Strong, Donald. 1968. The Early Etruscans. (Life in Ancient Lands series. Edward Bacon, (ed.) G.P. Putnam. Dated popular account, which does not detract from wealth of detail about geography and climate, history, etc. Von Cles-Reden, Sybille. 1955. The Buried People. Das Versunkene Folk. trans. C.M. Wodehouse. London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Von Vacano, Otto-Wilhelm. 1960. The Etruscans in the Ancient World. (Die Etrusker in der Welt der Antike). trans. Ogilvie, Sheila Ann. London: Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd. Wellard, James. 1973. The Search for the Etruscans. New York: Saturday Review Press. Two Old Classics Reissued (various editions)Lawrence, D. H., 1992. Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays. Elsewhere published as Etruscan Places). Simonetta De Filippis, ed. The Works of D. H. Lawrence. Cambridge University Press.Dennis, George. 1985. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria. Pamela Hemphill, ed. Abridged edition. Princeton Univ. Press, NJ. The Mother of Etruscan BibliographiesFay, George Emory. 1981. A Bibliography of Etruscan Culture and Archaeology. [1498-1981]. OCPS: Occasional Publications in Classical Studies, Monograph no. 1. University of Northern Colorado at Greeley. Two volumes: A-J and K-Z. Approximately 5000 entries over nearly five centuries. Also Refer to Ancient Historical Sources If you want to have a go at some Etruscan Word processing, try this Etruscan True Type Font. It is designed for PC's, but a Mac version can be provided on request. It comes as a zip file, and requires Winzip. Etruscan Web Links![]()
This section of the Etruscan library contains links to Etruscan sites. The pages pop up as separate windows. The objective is to categorise the links into different topics.
(Suggest a link by using my feedback link on the Glossary & Educational Resources Section)
GENERAL SITES ON THE RASNA
The Etruscans ETRUSCAN LANGUAGE SITES
Etruscan Glossary Online Etruscan Dictionary by Damien Erwan Perrotin. A nice resource by a Breton author who thinks the French Language is only good for buying bread at the shop. The rest of the website is also very impressive, especially the essay on Etruscan and Mediterranean languages
Thanchvil Cilnei's Language Page
Thanchvil Cilnei's Page on the Liber Linteus Thanchvil Cilnei's - Four Short Articles on Etruscan Language Etruscan Language page from "The Mysterious Etruscans" (Marce Camitlnas)
The Liber Lintaeus
Etruscan Philology Online BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Etruscan Net Art,Artifacts & Architecture Musei Toscani (list of museums where you can see Etruscan Art) Museo Gregorio Etrusco I (Vatican)
Museo Gregorio Etrusco II (Vatican) DISCUSSION GROUPS RELIGION SITES
The Art of the Haruspex
Montovolo: perhaps an Ancient Oracular Centre Julia Hayden's - Ancient World Web - Excellent resource - searchable (a full list of Etruscan deities and their main functions) HISTORY SITES TRAVEL GUIDES AND MUSEUMSInfoRoma - A brief Etruscan page The controversial "Etruscopolis" in Tarquinia
The Vulci Archeological area MULTILINGUAL SITES
Rasenna (French)
Etruskerne (Danish)
Liber Lintaeus (Hungarian)
Etruscan Philology Online
The Etruscan Portrait (Russian) The charter and home page of the CDPE
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