42 letters from Žába. Professional and personal matters:
Žába's studies in Prague and his dissertation on Ptahhotep (later published as, Žába, Z., Les maximes de Ptaḥḥotep (1956) (OEB 5487)) -Žába's plans to visit Oxford and study with B. Gunn -book exchange and purchases -the situation of the Egyptological seminar in Prague -Egyptian collections in Czechoslovakia -post-war Britain and Czechoslovakia -personal matters -the move of Černý's library to London
1 letter from Kirwan, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Kirwan, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý's secretary to Kirwan. Information on the UNESCO operation in Nubia, Černý mediated contact with Desroches-Noblecourt.
1 letter from Korostovtsev, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Korostovtsev. Book exchange, publications by Golenischeff for publications by Gardiner. Černý referred to a plan to visit the USSR, which eventually did not happen.
5 letters from Lafleur. Departmental matters at University College London; storage of UCL possessions; Černý's absences; Lafleur visited Černý during his periods in hospital.
2 letters from Miller, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý's secretary sent in his absence. Miller's studies of the spice trade, Egyptian words denoting cassia and cinnamon.
6 letters from D. Müller. Ostraca in the Leipzig Museum, publication plans, personal matters including Müller's emigration from East to West Germany. Müller's acknowledgement of Černý offprint (Černý, J., 'Thoth as Creator of Languages', in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 34 (1948), 121-2 (OEB 1279)).
1 letter from Nevinson, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Nevinson. Černý's participation in the UNESCO mission in Nubia, includes a brief report from the 1956 season.
4 letters from Norton, 4 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Norton. Černý correspondence with the book reviews Editor for The Economist newspaper, Černý reviewed: Goneim, M. Zakaria The Buried Pyramid (1956) (OEB 5172).
1 letter from Lamont Moore, Director of the Yale University Art Gallery. Information from the Director to Ms Peck (R. A. Parker's secretary at Brown University) concerning the opening times of the gallery during Černý's 1954-5 winter visit.
1 letter from Pflüger, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Pflüger. The decree of Horemhab and specific readings. Pflüger published a paper (see Pflüger, K., 'The Edict of King Haremhab', in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 5 [4] (1946), 260-76 (OEB 147264)) on this topic, an offprint of the article was originally enclosed with the letter. Černý indicated a Fairman and Grdseloff collation along with his own comments.
Material for projected edition by Sarah Clackson and Anne Boud’hors. Draft annotated chapters of projected publication with copies of illustrations. Louvain fragments - notes, transcriptions, b&w and colour scans and a photograph. Downloaded information on the Louvain collections. Annotated list of papyrus studies in 1996-97 (in French). Pages 13-17 of a draft of Art versus archives conference paper, headed ‘Monastery administration’. KU Leuven Library MSS. Notes by Prof. Vergote, with new inventory numbers by Sarah Clackson. Leuven Bawit Papyri. Amalgamation of Anne Boud’hors’s individual text files with annotations by Sarah Clackson. Includes floppy disc labelled ‘Papyrus Louvain’ by Anne Boud’hors. Photographs (b&w) of Bawit papyri, Nos. AB 1 - 57, with notes by Anne Boud’hors. Notes, annotated photocopies, correspondence including Tomasz Markiewicz’s draft article ‘P. Duke Inv. 469: Fragment of a Coptic contract’, with comments by Sarah Clackson.
Correspondence regarding thesis, proposed publication, and the acquisition of material. Sample of the proposed publication. B&w photographs and printouts of scans for the publication.
Photocopied card catalogue of paper codices in Coptic and Arabic and printed books relating to Coptic studies at Christ’s College Library, donated by Sir Stephen Gaselee. Description of manuscript collection. Correspondence. Photographs and scans. Notes. Conservation report.
