5 letters from Donadoni, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Donadoni. Exchange of publications, the conference Le fonti indirette in Rome (see Donadoni, S. (ed.), Le fonti indirette della storia egiziana / Les sources indirectes de l'histoire égyptienne / Indirect sources of Egyptian history / Die indirekten Quellen der ägyptischen Geschichte (1963) (OEB 159370)). Further fieldwork in Nubia, including Černý's description of his epigraphical work at Abu Simbel (use of Kodatrace).
5 letters from Drioton, Černý's draft for his obituary for Drioton. Professional and personal matters, the situation in Egypt after the Second World War (WWII). A draft of Černý's obituary for Drioton.
17 letters from Driver, 4 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Driver, 1 cover page of a form from Černý's office to Driver. Philology, in particular, an analysis of word stems; frequent questions from Driver concerning Egyptian-Hebrew linguistic relations; also administrative matters relating to the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
8 letters from M. Drower, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to M. Drower. Egypt Exploration Society (EES) administration, meetings and expeditions, as well as publications, e.g. Calverley, A. M. and Broome, M. F., The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, The Second Hypostyle Hall iv (1958) (OEB 8067).
A card index for a Coptic etymological dictionary and a large folder containing handwritten notes on Coptic etymologies, labelled "Devaud - 'Studies and Notes on Egyptian and Coptic Grammar, Lexicography and Palaeography'" (apparently unpublished).
The album contains 23 original studies, including the photographic portrait of a sculptural bust of Lane, two fully worked drawings with watercolour, eleven monochrome watercolours with pen and ink landscapes and views, and ten pencil studies of wall reliefs. Many of these images include handwritten captions in pencil that are almost certainly added by E. W. Lane himself on the opposing page of the mounted image. This indicates that Lane arranged for this selection of items to be mounted in the album, which was then presented to someone.
Handwritten notes recording contacts at various institutions whom the former owners of the album may have consulted in relation to the album's contents.
14 x 9 cm
[annotation]: 'See Mr Gibb Smith / V&A. / Capt. Hollis Smith / of Parker Galleries / suggested I bring the / book & you'd introduce / me to the right person / John Halton(?) in Library, / or Print Room -'
Street scene, probably in Cairo, with a man wearing a blue garment and a white turban, walking and holding aloft a long stick in his right hand, preceding another man wearing a green garment and red turban riding a horse.
A scene with four women inside a room within a dwelling or perhaps a coffee shop(?), probably in Cairo or elsewhere in Egypt. The woman on the left wears a white and red striped garment and white turban with her back to the artist and holds a small teacup in her right hand, offering it to one of the other women. Background right, a woman wearing a blue, red and red checked jilbab with a black veil over a blue garment, greeted at the door by a servant girl wearing a blue garment and head covering with her back to the artist Foreground right, a woman wearing a green garment and white scarf is seated on a red floor cushion
View showing the Bab al-Nasr gate, the mosque of al-Hakim, and part of the city walls in Cairo. Although the caption mentions the Bab al-Futuh gate, it is not recorded in this watercolour.
pencil, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.4 x 10.1 cm
[Lane's caption on verso of album page, at top left corner] 'The Ba'b en-Nasr & Ba'b el Footon' being two of the principal gates of Musr el(?) ~~xxxxxx xxxxxx xx xx ~~ : - a the former - b the latter. c c the two / minarets of the ruined mosque of El-Wha'kim. / Erected A H. 480 - A.D 1087-8.' (pencil note)
View of the courtyard of the mosque of Amr ibn al-As Mosque in Cairo, viewed from within the colonnades lining the courtyard:
black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.6 x 10.1 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Interior view of the Mosque of 'Amir, or Musr 'Alee'ckah. / Erected in the middle of the seventh century - the 1st mosque built in Egypt.' (pencil note)
View of the colonnade and minbar in the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Cairo, with a figure leaning against a column in the foreground and two men in conversation at the far end of the colonnade:
pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.5 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Place of Prayer in the Mosque of 'Amir.' (pencil note)
View of a funeral procession at the southern cemetery of Cairo. The cemetery is also known as Qarafa:
black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.5 x 10 cm [Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Great Southern Cemetery of Musr, called El-Ckara'feh - a, the tomb of the Im'am Es'h Sha'fe'ee' (pencil note)
View of the aqueduct at the Cairo citadel and the Fumm al-Khalig water intake tower:
pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.8 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Aqueduct of Musr — a, the building in which are the water-works — b, entrance of the Canal of Musr — / c, part of the bridge of the Canal — d, part of Mount Moockut'tum.' (pencil note)
View of the Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun in Cairo showing the courtyard with the ablution fountain:
pencil, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.8 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Great Mosque of Ibu Too'loo'n, vulgarly called Ga'me' Teyloo'n — a, dome over the tank — b, the great minaret — / c, minaret of a mosque at the eastern angle of the Ckal'' at el-Kebsh — / Erected A H 263 AD 876-7' (pencil note)
Drawing of a detail from a battle scene, Seti I in a chariot charging Libyans on the battlefield, on the north exterior wall of the hypostyle hall in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak:
black ink drawing
mounted
17.8 x 10.2 cm
Below the drawing are two small cartouches of the king (in ink)
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculpture at Kar'nak' (pencil note)
