Bereich "Identifikation"
Signatur
Titel
Datum/Laufzeit
- 1880s (Anlage)
Erschließungsstufe
Umfang und Medium
1 envelope
Bereich "Kontext"
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
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.
Bestandsgeschichte
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.
Abgebende Stelle
Given to the Griffith Institute in December 1978.
Bereich "Inhalt und innere Ordnung"
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
- 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".
Bewertung, Vernichtung und Terminierung
Zuwächse
Ordnung und Klassifikation
Kept as received.
Bedingungen des Zugriffs- und Benutzungsbereichs
Benutzungsbedingungen
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Reproduktionsbedingungen
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache
Französisch
Schrift in den Unterlagen
Anmerkungen zu Sprache und Schrift
Physische Beschaffenheit und technische Anforderungen
The newspaper cutting is brittle. No problems for the rest.
Findmittel
None.
Bereich Sachverwandte Unterlagen
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Originalen
These are originals.
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Kopien
None.
Verwandte Verzeichnungseinheiten
Other archives:
- Group of correspondence in the archives of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo.
Anmerkung zur Veröffentlichung
Not published.
Bereich "Anmerkungen"
Anmerkung
- 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.