Born in 1877, Medea Norsa was a philologist and papyriologist who was expert in Greek and Latin Egyptian texts. She worked on Egyptian archaeological expeditions as a papyriologist and acquired texts for Italian collections while teaching papyriology at the University of Florence. She died in 1952 in Florence.
Author of biography: Lucia Criscuolo
Includes bibliography? Yes
Keywords: Aegyptus, Association Internationale de Papyrologues, Austria, Brecia, Egypt, Florence, ÒGabinetto dei PapiriÓ, Gentile, Greek, Italian, Jew, ÒPaperi Greci e Latini della Societa Italiana per la ricerca dei papyriÓ, Papyriologist, Papyrology, Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Societa Italiana per la ricerca dei papyri, Trieste, Vienna University, Vitelli, University of Florence, Wein University.