Zone d'identification
Cote
Rhoné MSS
Titre
Date(s)
- 1880s (Production)
Niveau de description
Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
1 envelope
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
French author and traveller; he was a close friend of Mariette and frequently accompanied him on his tours of inspection in Upper Egypt, as he also did with Maspero; he thus made many journeys between 1865 and 1882; in 1881 he was attached to the Mission Arch. in Cairo; he contributed many accounts of discoveries in Egypt to the Gaz. des Beaux Arts, le Temps, Mag. Pittoresque, etc., and published a travel book, L'Égypte à petites journées, which enjoyed great popularity, running to several editions; his correspondence is in the Griffith Institute, Oxford; he died 7 June 1910.
Histoire archivistique
Papers found in the Ashmolean Museum Library inside a copy of Rhoné, Arthur 1877. L'Égypte à petites journées: études et souvenirs. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Given to the Griffith Institute in December 1978.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
- Correspondence: 5 items from Rhoné to an unknown recipient, dated between 5 April 1883 and 5 July 1889; one of the letters includes notes on "Fouilles anglaises relatives à l'Exode" and several mention Amelia B. Edwards.
- Notes on the history of Egypt (probably not by Rhoné and perhaps based on his publication Rhoné, Arthur 1877. Résumé chronologique de l'histoire d'Égypte depuis les premières dynasties pharaoniques jusqu'à nos jours. Paris: Ernest Leroux, although other sources are also possible).
- Newspaper cutting from the Les Deux mondes illustrés: Journal des grands voyages 82 (27 March 1881, p. 427): illustration of the "Grande Mosquée du Caire".
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Kept as received.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Langue des documents
- français
Écriture des documents
Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
The newspaper cutting is brittle. No problems for the rest.
Instruments de recherche
None.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
These are originals.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
None.
Unités de description associées
Note de publication
Not published.
Zone des notes
Note
- The copies of the books in Oxford quoted in this record do not contain any information on the original owner and probable recipient of the letters.