Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1920s (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
5 card index boxes and 1 small package
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Swiss Egyptologist. Born, Fribourg 1878. Died, 1929. Lecturer at Fribourg University, Switzerland 1923; Professor 1927. Constributed significantly to the study of Coptic etymologies and published articles on this subject in various journals.
Archival history
Presumed to have been in the possession of W. E. Crum.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Probably received with the papers of W. E. Crum after the latter's death in 1944.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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labelled "Devaud - 'Studies and Notes on Egyptian and Coptic Grammar, Lexicography and Palaeography'" (apparently unpublished).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received. The card index arranged alphabetically; not numbered.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford
Language of material
Coptic
French
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
None.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are originals.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
- Apparently not published.
Notes area
Note
- Folder also labelled "W. E. Crum. Bath."