Identity area
Reference code
Lexa - Černý MSS 21.104, 1342-8, 2183
Title
Lexa, František - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1934-1949 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 9 letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
1 letter from F. Lexa to Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak Minister in the United Kingdom, concerning J. Černý (1934).
8 letters from F. Lexa to J. Černý.
- linguistics, Coptic etymologies
- Černý's personal matters, health, social contacts
- students of both Egyptologists
- Lexa's letter to Jan Masaryk (Czechoslovak envoy in London) regards a recognition of Černý as a Czechoslovak scholar with an international remit
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Some of the letters are not in chronological order within the assigned archive numbering sequence.
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Language of material
- Czech
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Publication note
Macková, A. J. and Navrátilová, H. 'Jaroslav Černý a František Lexa. Edice korespondence zakladatelů české egyptologie' [Jaroslav Černý and František Lexa. Correspondence of Founders of Czech Egyptology], in Práce z dějin Akademie věd 1 (2015), 89-150 (OEB 223976).