Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1880s (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 envelope
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia 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.
Historia archivística
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.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Given to the Griffith Institute in December 1978.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
- 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".
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Kept as received.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma del material
francés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
The newspaper cutting is brittle. No problems for the rest.
Instrumentos de descripción
None.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
These are originals.
Existencia y localización de copias
None.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Other archives:
- Group of correspondence in the archives of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo.
Nota de publicación
Not published.
Área de notas
Notas
- 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.