Bruce Ferrini paleography collection, circa 4000 B.C.-1800.
Collection Number: 4671

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Bruce Ferrini paleography collection, circa 4000 B.C.-1800.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4671
Abstract:
Examples of various historical writing systems and scripts, including hieroglyphics on fragments of papyrus, reed sticks with proto-Arabian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, a bowl inscribed in Etruscan, Aramaic incantation bowls, a bronze piece with a runic inscription, Arabic on cloth fragments, decorated 13th-century Bible leaves, and other writings through the 18th century.
Creator:
Ferrini, Bruce P.
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in ancient Egyptian, proto-Arabic, Etruscan, Aramaic, Arabic, and Latin.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Examples of various historical writing systems and scripts, including hieroglyphics on fragments of papyrus, reed sticks with proto-Arabian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, a bowl inscribed in Etruscan, Aramaic incantation bowls, a bronze piece with a runic inscription, Arabic on cloth fragments, decorated 13th-century Bible leaves, and other writings through the 18th century.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Bruce Ferrini Paleography Collection, #4671. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Aramaic language -- Texts.
Etruscan language -- Texts.
Cuneiform inscriptions.
Runes.
Hieroglyphics.
Paleography -- Study and teaching.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 8
Cuneiform tablets
 2500-2000 BCE
Box 1
Fragment of the Book of the Dead, hieroglyphics on papyrus
 1500 BCE
Box 1
Three papyrus fragments with hieratic inscriptions
 1000 BCE
Box 2
Three papyrus fragments with demotic inscriptions
 700 BCE
Box 7
Egyptian seal with hieroglyphics inscription
 1000 BCE
Box 6
Egyptian hieratic inscription on linen
 1000 BCE
Box 10
Egyptian hieratic inscription on linen
 1000 BCE
Box 3
Three papyrus fragments with Coptic inscriptions
 1st-6th century CE
Box 4
Three papyrus fragments with Greek inscriptions
 1st-6th century CE
Box 5
Three Aramaic inscriptions on lead
 2nd-5th century CE
Box 6
Three birch bark fragments from the "Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism"
 3rd-5th century CE
Box 10
Medieval period Runic inscription on metal fragment
Box 6
Three leaf books, "The 13th century Bible", original leaves enclosed
 13th century CE
Box 10
Two Arabic fragments on linen
 16th century CE
Box 10
More than 60 manuscript leaves in Arabic. Religious and secular texts
 17th-19th century CE
Box 7
Etruscan bowl with inscription
Box 7
Pottery vessel with unknown inscription
Box 8
Mummy cartonnage fragment with text imbedded
 1000 BCE
Box 8
Three South Arabian inscribed sticks
Box 7
Petrified reed with Arabic legal inscription
Box 9
Three incantation bowls with Aramaic inscriptions
 5th century BCE
Box 5
Three Navajo mnemonic drawings
 19th century CE
Box 7
Round metal item with Greek inscription inlay
Box 6
Fragment of the Book of Exodus, in Greek
 4th century CE