Colecionismo Arqueológico e Redes de Conhecimento. Atores, Coleções e Objetos (1850-1930)

‘Collective wisdom’ at the National Archaeological Museum in Portugal

“…Father Brenha turned down several offers made by the director of the Lisbon museum to purchase them but Father Rodrigues, who was experiencing financial difficulties, was more amenable to Vasconcelos' entreaties and ended up selling him part of his collection. 36 In correspondence between the two in December 1896, Rodrigues included a 'Catalogue of Archaeological Objects held at the museum of Father Jose Raphael Rodrigues from Tellões and Soutello in Vila Pouca de Aguiar', in which he describes 49 objects plus other miscellaneous items, under the heading 'Diverse Objects' which he was offering for sale. 37 The deal was done in 1897: Rodrigues sold his collection for 150,000 réis, as recorded in the subsequent correspondence describing items sent to the Lisbon museum, packed in three cases.…”

“…He provided Vasconcelos with a decal of the object in 1894, enabling him to compare it with other coins found in Alcácer do Sal (Salacia) 44 and those in the collection of another Portuguese collector, Augusto Carlos Teixeira de Aragão , who also donated a number of objects to Vasconcelos and invited him to examine his archaeological collection, as well as his collection of rings, coins, paintings, antique furniture, clothing, arms and books. 45 Vasconcelos was also in contact with many collectors who lived in southern Portugal. Francisco Galinoti, who lived in the city of Beja, was a local information provider (see for example his letter in Figure 6), as was Francisco Ignacio Mira.…”

A coleção Marciano Azuaga: Gaia e Porto na segunda metade do século XIX e primeira década do século XX

“…Ainda que de forma complementar, estes estudos lançaram linhas de investigação que demonstravam a pertinência da coleção enquanto fonte para a caracterização da sociedade gaiense e portuense da respetiva cronologia. Paralelamente, as obras de Susana e Elisabete Pereira (2018) ofereceram referências metodológicas para o estudo de redes de conhecimentos e de colaboração entre agentes culturais, fundamentais para o presente estudo.…”