Box 606606726
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Papers relating to a journey from the Eastern Desert to Thebes, c.1830
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 31
Loose papers, c.1830 (dated, probably wrongly, to 1823 in Lady Wilkinson's hand), relating to a journey from the Eastern Desert to Thebes, comprising pencil notes and occasional sketches, surveying calculations and drawings, site plans, and copies of Greek inscriptions, with (fol. 6v) list of numbers in Coptic.
Extents: 20 Leaves
Dates:
c.1830
Notes on contemporary Egypt, Islam, and miscellaneous subjects, c.1827
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 36
Volume, c.1827, containing notes on contemporary Egypt, Islam, and miscellaneous subjects (in English and Arabic), occasional sketches, and Turkish and Arabic vocabulary, with:
(fols. 5-41) draft headed 'Letter to Sir W Gell' (probably an early version of Materia Hieroglyphica)
(fols. 44-5) Arabic songs in Roman transliteration
fol. 69v) extracts in Latin from ancient...
Extents: 77 Leaves
Dates:
c.1827
Pocket book, c.1833
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 37
Pocket book, c.1833, containing miscellaneous notes, accounts, and pencil sketches, with copies made at Cairo of hieroglyphic and Greek inscriptions, and (endpapers) printed perpetual calendar and laundry list in Italian. (fols. 9-20, 33-39) blank
Extents: 52 Leaves
Dates:
c.1833
English/Arabic vocabulary, 1821
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 38
Volume, 1821, containing English/Arabic vocabulary, mainly in Roman transliteration, with:
(fol. 1) list of numbers in Arabic and Maltese
(fol. 19) list of Arabic placenames after Burckhardt.
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates:
1821
Pocket book, 1821
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 32
Pocket book, 1821, containing notes on hieroglyphics, Egyptology, and miscellaneous subjects, made at Naples and Malta, with (fols. 47v-48) water-colour view of Malta.
Extents: 52 Leaves
Dates:
1821
Pencil and ink sketches and water-colours, c.1822
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 33
Volume, c.1822, containing pencil and ink sketches and water-colours made on the Nile in Egypt and Nubia, and at Alexandria, of views, people and their costume, buildings, and ancient sites, including (fol. 39) sketches of hieroglyphics at Elephantine and Abousemble [Abu Simbel], with:
(fol. 1r-v) miscellaneous notes
(fol. 37) plan of a Roman camp at Alexandria.
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Extents: 40 Leaves
Dates:
c.1822
Pocket book, 1822-5, 1832-3
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 34
Pocket book, containing accounts and related notes, 1822-5, luggage lists, 1832-3, and notes on various subjects, with (fols. 34v-36, 38, 68v, 78v, 83-87v) sketches of views and hieroglyphics. (fols. 83-9) stained with dye from end papers
Extents: 89 Leaves
Dates:
1822-5, 1832-3
Pocket book, 1825
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Shelfmark: MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 35
Pocket book, 1825, containing notes made in Cairo (on contemporary Egypt, Islam, the Arabic language, Islamic architecture, Egyptology, botany and fauna, and miscellaneous subjects), sketches and water-colours of people and their costume, and accounts, with:
(fol. 7) verses
(fols. 13v-15, 16v-17) water-colours of pottery and other containers
(fol. 49) floor plan of a...
Extents: 69 Leaves
Dates:
1825