Drawings, water-colours, notes etc., c.1855
File
MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 67
Held at the Weston Library
Volume, c.1855, containing notes, ink, pencil and water-colour copies of Egyptian tomb paintings, surveying drawings and site plans, and copies of hieroglyphic, demotic, Greek and Coptic inscriptions, including (pp. 84, 97, 106, 111, 126-9) material copied from A.C. Harris, with:
- (p. 7) water-colours of stained glass windows in a house in Cairo
- (pp. 50-5, 63-6, 68-71) drawings, water-colours and site plans relating to the 'Red Convent' and the 'White Convent' [Red and White Monasteries] at Sohag
- (p. 98b) pencil view of the Nile at Walad Amr(?)
- (p. 109) water-colour of an Arab tomb at Soohaq [Sohag]; e (p. 155) map of the nomes of Upper Egypt
- (p. 172) index.
Dates
- Creation: c.1855
Extent
176 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 67
Former references:
'1855 - No I. Egypt' (W); XII, 23 (GIA); B 23 (interim).
Physical Facet
Binding: blue calf, gilt-stamped.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk