Extracts, notes, sketches etc.
MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 60
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Extracts, notes, sketches etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 60
Summary
Volume, c.1828-33, containing extracts from ancient and modern authors in English, Latin, French, and Greek, notes (on Egyptology and Hermeticism, Islamic architecture, Arab history and contemporary Egyptian life, Islam, Arabic, botany and zoology, and miscellaneous subjects), pencil and ink sketches, surveying calculations, site plans, and copies of hieroglyphic, Greek and Arabic inscriptions, made in Thebes, Cairo, Alexandria, London, and elsewhere, with:
(pp. 144-6) humorous verses in Latin
(p. 276) the address of Benjamin Disraeli, n.d., c.1831
Date
c.1828-33
Language
English
Physical facet
Binding: quarter green calf, green paper over boards.
Physical extent
281 pages
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
General academic and antiquarian papers
Egypt and the Near East
Extracts, notes, sketches etc.
