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.
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
Bruce Ferrini Paleography Collection, #4671. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Aramaic language -- Texts.
Etruscan language -- Texts.
Cuneiform inscriptions.
Runes.
Hieroglyphics.
Paleography -- Study and teaching.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 8 |
Cuneiform tablets
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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
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2nd-5th century CE | |
Box 6 |
Three birch bark fragments from the "Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism"
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3rd-5th century CE | |
Box 10 |
Medieval period Runic inscription on metal fragment
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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
|
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Box 7 |
Pottery vessel with unknown inscription
|
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Box 8 |
Mummy cartonnage fragment with text imbedded
|
1000 BCE | |
Box 8 |
Three South Arabian inscribed sticks
|
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Box 7 |
Petrified reed with Arabic legal inscription
|
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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
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Box 6 |
Fragment of the Book of Exodus, in Greek
|
4th century CE |