Antonino Salinas

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Antonino Salinas

Antonio or Antonino Salinas (born November 19, 1841 in Palermo , † March 7, 1914 in Rome ) was an Italian classical archaeologist and numismatist .

Antonino Salinas studied in Berlin , among other places . In 1865 he was appointed to the University of Palermo , where he became full professor of archeology in 1867. In addition, he was director of the Archaeological Museum in Palermo from 1873 to 1914 . He was one of the founders and for a time president of the Istituto Italiano di Numismatica .

Antonino Salinas took part in numerous excavations in Sicily, for example in Mozia and Selinunt . There he hid four archaic metopes in particular, which are now in the museum in Palermo. In his will, he left his private collection to the museum, including many books and around 6,000 coins he had collected. Therefore, the museum today bears the name Museo Archeologico Regionale “Antonino Salinas” in his honor .

Fonts

  • I monumenti sepolcrali scoperti nei mesi di maggio, Giugnio e luglio 1863 presso la chiesa della santa Trinità in Atene. sn, Torino 1863, ( digitized version ).
  • Le monete delle antiche città di Sicilia. sn, Palermo 1867 [–1872], ( digitized version ).
  • The Museo nazionale di Palermo e del suo avvenire. sn, Palermo 1874.
  • Ricordi storici delle rivoluzioni siciliane del secolo XIX conservati nel Museo nazionale di Palermo. Huber, Palermo 1886.
  • Nuove Metope arcaiche selinuntine. In: Monumenti antichi. Vol. 1, No. 4, 1892, ZDB -ID 206537-X , Sp. 957-962, doi : 10.11588 / diglit.8558.22 .

literature

  • Miscellanea di archeologia, storia e filologia. Dedicata al prof. Antonino Salinas nel XL anniversario del suo insegnamento accademico. Virzì, Palermo 1907, ( digitized version ).
  • Giuditta Cimino (Ed.): Lettere di Antonino Salinas a Michele Amari. Biblioteca centrale della Regione siciliana, Palermo 1985, (with Salinas list of publications: pp. XIII – XVI).
  • Vincenzo Tusa : Antonino Salinas (= Siciliani illustri. 3, 4). Accademia nazionale di scienze, lettere e arti gia del buon gusto di Palermo, Palermo 1995.

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personal data
SURNAME Salinas, Antonino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salinas, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical archaeologist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1914
Place of death Rome