Area dell'identificazione
Codice di riferimento
Titolo
Date
- 1880s (Creazione)
Livello di descrizione
Consistenza e supporto
1 envelope
Area del contesto
Nome del soggetto produttore
Nota biografica
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.
Storia archivistica
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.
Modalità di acquisizione
Given to the Griffith Institute in December 1978.
Area del contenuto e della struttura
Ambito e contenuto
- 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".
Valutazione e scarto
Incrementi
Sistema di ordinamento
Kept as received.
Area delle condizioni di accesso e uso
Condizioni di accesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condizioni di riproduzione
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Lingua dei materiali
francese
Scrittura dei materiali
Note sulla lingua e sulla scrittura
Caratteristiche materiali e requisiti tecnici
The newspaper cutting is brittle. No problems for the rest.
Strumenti di ricerca
None.
Area dei materiali collegati
Esistenza e localizzazione degli originali
These are originals.
Esistenza e localizzazione di copie
None.
Unità di descrizione collegate
Other archives:
- Group of correspondence in the archives of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo.
Nota bibliografica
Not published.
Area delle note
Nota
- 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.