Zona de identificação
Código de referência
Rhoné MSS
Título
Data(s)
- 1880s (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Dimensão e suporte
1 envelope
Zona do contexto
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
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.
História do arquivo
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.
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Given to the Griffith Institute in December 1978.
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
- 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".
Avaliação, selecção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Sistema de organização
Kept as received.
Zona de condições de acesso e utilização
Condições de acesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiçoes de reprodução
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma do material
- francês
Script do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
The newspaper cutting is brittle. No problems for the rest.
Instrumentos de descrição
None.
Zona de documentação associada
Existência e localização de originais
These are originals.
Existência e localização de cópias
None.
Unidades de descrição relacionadas
Nota de publicação
Not published.
Zona das notas
Nota
- 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.