View of the Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun in Cairo showing the courtyard with the ablution fountain:
pencil, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.8 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Great Mosque of Ibu Too'loo'n, vulgarly called Ga'me' Teyloo'n — a, dome over the tank — b, the great minaret — / c, minaret of a mosque at the eastern angle of the Ckal'' at el-Kebsh — / Erected A H 263 AD 876-7' (pencil note)
View of the aqueduct at the Cairo citadel and the Fumm al-Khalig water intake tower:
pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.8 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Aqueduct of Musr — a, the building in which are the water-works — b, entrance of the Canal of Musr — / c, part of the bridge of the Canal — d, part of Mount Moockut'tum.' (pencil note)
View of a funeral procession at the southern cemetery of Cairo. The cemetery is also known as Qarafa:
black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.5 x 10 cm [Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Great Southern Cemetery of Musr, called El-Ckara'feh - a, the tomb of the Im'am Es'h Sha'fe'ee' (pencil note)
View of the colonnade and minbar in the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Cairo, with a figure leaning against a column in the foreground and two men in conversation at the far end of the colonnade:
pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.5 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Place of Prayer in the Mosque of 'Amir.' (pencil note)
View of the courtyard of the mosque of Amr ibn al-As Mosque in Cairo, viewed from within the colonnades lining the courtyard:
black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.6 x 10.1 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Interior view of the Mosque of 'Amir, or Musr 'Alee'ckah. / Erected in the middle of the seventh century - the 1st mosque built in Egypt.' (pencil note)
View showing the Bab al-Nasr gate, the mosque of al-Hakim, and part of the city walls in Cairo. Although the caption mentions the Bab al-Futuh gate, it is not recorded in this watercolour.
pencil, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.4 x 10.1 cm
[Lane's caption on verso of album page, at top left corner] 'The Ba'b en-Nasr & Ba'b el Footon' being two of the principal gates of Musr el(?) ~~xxxxxx xxxxxx xx xx ~~ : - a the former - b the latter. c c the two / minarets of the ruined mosque of El-Wha'kim. / Erected A H. 480 - A.D 1087-8.' (pencil note)
A scene with four women inside a room within a dwelling or perhaps a coffee shop(?), probably in Cairo or elsewhere in Egypt. The woman on the left wears a white and red striped garment and white turban with her back to the artist and holds a small teacup in her right hand, offering it to one of the other women. Background right, a woman wearing a blue, red and red checked jilbab with a black veil over a blue garment, greeted at the door by a servant girl wearing a blue garment and head covering with her back to the artist Foreground right, a woman wearing a green garment and white scarf is seated on a red floor cushion
Street scene, probably in Cairo, with a man wearing a blue garment and a white turban, walking and holding aloft a long stick in his right hand, preceding another man wearing a green garment and red turban riding a horse.
Handwritten notes recording contacts at various institutions whom the former owners of the album may have consulted in relation to the album's contents.
14 x 9 cm
[annotation]: 'See Mr Gibb Smith / V&A. / Capt. Hollis Smith / of Parker Galleries / suggested I bring the / book & you'd introduce / me to the right person / John Halton(?) in Library, / or Print Room -'
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2010), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, IX: Thebes: the Ramesseum. Mortsel (Antwerp): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 165004).
The Ramesseum [see TopBib ii.2.431-443].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: a loose page glued to p. 2 containing a review of the book by Gabriele Höber-Kamel and published in Kemet 2011 (2), p. 87, which is also present inserted at the end as p. 135, but with the number crossed out and replaced by "134"; and an attached page after p. 131 with the author's biographical information (omitted from the PDF).
The PDF includes additional pages not present in the print volume: a review of the book by Deborah Manley published in ASTENE Bulletin 46, 2010-2011 (p. 131-133).
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2010), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan VIII: Elkab: the temple of Amenophis III. Mortsel (Antwerp): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 164354).
El-Kab: Temple of Amenophis III [see TopBib v.188-189].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: annotations in the form of checkmarks and crosses on p. 23, 24, 44; inserted loose pages between p. 37-38 with the printed portraits of John Palmer Bruce Chichester and his wife Caroline Thistlethwayte, and attached extract of his article Keersmaecker, Roger O. de 2009. Two travellers' graffiti in the temple of Amenhotep III at Elkab. In Claes, Wouter, Herman de Meulenaere, and Stan Hendrickx (eds), Elkab and beyond: studies in honour of Luc Limme, 187-194. Leuven: Peeters (OEB 167998); p. 44 with contact information and a list of the published volumes, and p. 45 with the author's biographical information (both omitted from the PDF); and inserted loose pages at the end containing additional information on Elbert Ellery Anderson's graffiti, his portrait and an obituary (5 pages), and email correspondence (3 pages).
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2009), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan VII: Karnak, Great Temple of Amun: Festival Temple-pillared hall (Tuthmosis III). Hypostyle-great columns 1-12 in central aisle (Ramesses III and IV), smaller columns 75 and 76 (Ramesses II and IV, Sethos I). Berchem (Antwerp): Graffito Graffiti (OEB 167462).
Karnak, Great Temple of Amun: Festival Temple (Pillared Hall) [see TopBib ii2.110-111], Hypostyle-great columns 1-12 in central aisle (Ramesses III and IV) and smaller columns 75 and 76 (Ramesses II and IV, Sethos I) [TopBib ii.2.50-51].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: the insertion of numbers, sometimes crossed out and corrected, on the pages with illustrations, together with two loose pages at the end of the publication containing a list of numbers given to the illustrations (in the PDF, the illustrations are all moved to the end); p. 79 with contact information and a list of the published volumes, and p. 80 "In memoriam" for his wife Helena (both omitted from the PDF); inserted loose pages at the end with an Internet article titled "Eureka in a Box" by Curtis Runnels published in Bostonia Winter 03-04 (three pages), email correspondence concerning a "Champoleon" graffito (two pages), an extract from Height, Sarah Rogers 1840. Letters from the Old World by a Lady of New York. New York: Harper & Brothers, p. 212-214 (3 pages), and a page titled "Karnak vol. VII. Addenda for Graffiti on Thutmosis III Festival Hall" (= PDF p. 82).
The PDF includes additional pages not present in the print volume: biographical note and portrait of Sarah Rogers Haight (1808-1881) (p. 83); title page of Height, Sarah Rogers 1840. Letters from the Old World by a Lady of New York. New York: Harper & Brothers (p. 84); and information on graffiti by Richard K. Haight and Sarah Rogers Haight (p. 85-86).
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2008), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, VI: Thebes: the mortuary temple of Sethos I (Qurna), the temple of Hathor (Deir el-Medina). Mortsel (Antwerp): Graffito Graffiti (OEB 170639).
Temple of Sethos I (Qurna Temple) [see TopBib ii2.407-421] and Temple of Hathor (Deir el-Medina) [see TopBib ii2.401-407].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2006), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, V: Thebes: the Temples of Medinet Habu. Mortsel (Antwerp): Graffito Graffiti (OEB 175493).
Theban Temples: Medinet Habu [ii2.460-532].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: the insertion of numbers on the pages with illustrations together with a loose page between p. 4-5 containing a list of numbers probably given to the illustrations (in the PDF, the majority of the illustrations are moved to the end); a sticky note attached to the verso of p. 32 with the annotation "S. 41 EST Mc VICKAE H / 1838 / PL XXVII / M Me VICKAE / 1838"; a loose entrance ticket to Medinet Habu between p. 37-38; inserted loose pages at the end with "Additional information" on Edward Joy Morris, Henry B. Humphrey, Lieutenant James MacKenzie, Captain J. Clunes, P. C. Trench, W. F. Williams, Duncan Pirie, M. Joseph, Giovanni Fiamingo, William Nathaniel Peach and Miles Ponsonby, numbered as p. 69-75; and the printed version of an unidentified drawing.
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2005), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, IV: Elkab: the rock tombs. Berchem (Antwerp): Graffito Graffiti (OEB 177623).
El-Kab: the rock tombs [see TopBib v.176-185].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: the insertion of numbers, sometimes crossed out and corrected, on the pages with illustrations, together with a loose page at the end of the publication containing a list of the numbers given to the illustrations and two sticky notes attached to the title page and the verso of p. 6 (in the PDF, the illustrations are all moved to the end); inserted loose page between p. 2-3 with a review of this book by A. Bednarski published on www.PalArch.nl, webbased Netherlands scientific journal (2006) (see PDF p. 93); and a loose envelope between p. 12-13 containing an invitation from KU Leuven to a 2017 Egyptology lecture by Willy Clarysse.
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2004), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, III: Philae: The kiosk of Trajan. Berchem (Antwerp): Graffito Graffiti (OEB 179470).
Kiosk of Trajan [see TopBib vi.250].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: inserted loose pages between p. 64-65 (= PDF not numbered) with printed resources from the Internet [a WorldCat search on the publication and a 2019 Wikipedia page on Trajan's Kiosk]; and an extra p. 72 (omitted from PDF) containing "Additional Information from Andrew Oliver, USA" on the graffiti by Joseph Crenier and Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer on the monument.
Keersmaecker, Roger O. De 2003. Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan II: the temples of Semna and Kumma. Berchem (Antwerp): Graffito Graffiti (OEB 181113).
Semna West [see TopBib vii.144-151] and Semna East (Kumma) [see TopBib vii.151-156].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: annotations in the form of crossed out text on p. 2, highlighted lines on p. 17 and checkmarks on p. 22 and p. 38 (= PDF p. 40); inserted loose pages between p. 15-16 containing biographical information on George Waddington and Barnard Hanbury [an extract from Waddington, George and Barnard Hanbury 1822. Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia. London: John Murray, p. 1-52; and a 2018 Wikipedia page on George Waddington]; and inserted loose pages at the end with "Additional information" on Elbert Ellery Anderson's graffiti at the temple of Kumma, biographical information, a portrait, and an obituary numbered as p. 47-52 (= PDF p. 61-66).
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2024), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan. [London]: Blurb (OEB 334316).
Content of the former website www.egypt-sudan-graffiti.be [no longer active], by Roger O. de Keersmaecker (1931-2020), with a collection of articles on specific travellers or groups of graffiti, a number of reviews of the author's previous publications, and some additional information supplementing the published volumes. This is supplemented with reprints of ASTENE Bulletin 77 (2018), p. 14 [review; see De Keersmaecker MSS 7.2 and 7.2A]; 82 (2020), p. 4-7 [obituary], and G/Geschiedenis 2020 (3), p. 64 [transfer of the archive to the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford].
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2013), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume III: Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt. Soldiers, artists and scholars. [Part III]: Supplement. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 204639).
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
For a PDF, with a different page numbering, see De Keersmaecker MSS 5.17.
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2013), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume III: Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt. Soldiers, artists and scholars. Part II: Portrait drawings by André Dutertre. With Supplement. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 204639).
Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
It includes: non-annotated sticky markers on p. 85 (= PDF p. 84), p. 101 (= PDF p. 100), p. 132 (= PDF p. 131) and p. 141 (= PDF p. 140) [they have all been removed].
The PDF also includes [Part III]: Supplement (= De Keersmaecker MSS 5.18) at the end, with a different page numbering.
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2013), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume III: Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt. Soldiers, artists and scholars. [Part I]. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 204639).
Most of the graffiti date from the nineteenth century.
In the print volume two pages are numbered as p. 64 (the numbering is correct in the PDF).
De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2012), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume II: the temple complex of Dendara. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 185328).
The Temple Complex of Dendera [see TopBib vi.41-110].
Most of the graffiti date from the nineteenth century.
It contains: attached pages at the end with the printed article Hallof, Jochen 1996. Besucherinschriften in den Tempeln von Dendera. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 96, 229-244 (OEB 40093) (omitted from the PDF).