papyri's galerij
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Christmas Santa cookie
Manuscript fragment written in Arabic on Parchment. Egypt, 9th-13 century CE.
Egypt, New Kingdom, mid 18th - early 19th Dynasty, early 14th - mid 13th Century B.C. Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead
Leaf from a Mongolian Tibetan Astrological manuscript with table showing constellations. Mongolia, mid 20th century.
Shakyamuni Buddha. Detail from a leaf from an unidentified Mongolian Tibetan Xylographic printed Buddhist text. Mongolia, mid 20th century on machine-made Russian paper.
Leaf from an unidentified Mongolian Tibetan Xylographic printed Buddhist text. Mongolia, mid 20th century on machine-made Russian paper.
Islamic Religious Manuscript Fragment Egypt, probably Fustat (Old Cairo) 11th - 14th Century C.E. (5th - 7th Century A.H.)
Photograph of Wilhelm Dörpfeld writing. Taken in Jena, Germany, Autumn 1935. Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853-1940) was an archaeologist. He is best known as Heinrich Schliemann's assistant helping him…
Wilhelm Dörpfeld's dedication written on end leaf of a copy of Alt-Olympia (volume 1) "Herrn Direktor von Hagen zur Erinnerung an die gemeinsame Reise durch Griechenland. Jena 21.9.1935". (English…
Tibetan manuscripts from Mongolia.
The poetical works of James Thomson. Inside cover with the Printer, Bookseller's Bookplate Sold By John Dunlop At the Newest Printing-office Market-Street PHILADELPHIA MS NOTE 6/- 2 Vols D John…
Truman VE speech. Home recording 5-8-1945
Baby Nut
Mr. Peanut RIP
Detain of an Indenture
Detail of an Indenture
shelf of old books
Fireworks over the Delaware River. Seen from North I-95, Phila., PA.
Candy cane resting on a letter written on papyrus by a Coptic monk. Egypt, Mid 8th century, AD. One wonders what those early Christians would make of the current Christmas holiday.
Letter written on papyrus by a Coptic monk with Christmas tree in background. Egypt, Mid 8th century, AD. One wonders what those early Christians would make of the current Christmas holiday.
Letter written on papyrus by a Coptic monk with Christmas tree in background. Egypt, Mid 8th century, AD. One wonders what those early Christians would make of the current Christmas holiday.
Decorative foil wrapped chocolate turkey.
Microscope slide of a Brittle Star made by J. Tilett in 1957.
Ostracon with Arabic writing (ink inscription on pottery fragment). Egypt,
Ostraca with Arabic writing (ink inscription on pottery fragments). Egypt,
Two decorative leaves from a large Qur'an written on burnished laid paper. Sultintate India, c. 1425. Written in an elegant large bihari script in black ink. The word Allah is picked out in gold.…
Men putting up billboard.
Plane Landing
Vulture
Mushrooms
Rainbow over bridge
Lighting
Sparklers
Squirrel
Buddha statue
Eurythmics Albums.
7 inch and 10 inch Climax records. 1901-1902
End leaf of a copy of Flights into Yesterday containing an inscription from Leo Deuel. "To Jeffrey Scott, a budding scientist and friend of archaeology. Christmas 1969/1970 Kind regards, Leo…
Title page of a copy of Flights into yesterday by Leo Deuel. This copy contains an inscription by Deuel on the front end leaf.
Detail of marginal device. Large leaf from a Qur'an on burnished laid paper. Sultintate India, c. 1425. Written in an elegant large bihari script in black ink. The word Allah is picked out in gold.…
Detail of marginal device. Large leaf from a Qur'an on burnished laid paper. Sultintate India, c. 1425. Written in an elegant large bihari script in black ink. The word Allah is picked out in gold.…
Large leaf from a Qur'an on burnished laid paper. Sultintate India, c. 1425. Written in an elegant large bihari script in black ink. The word Allah is picked out in gold. Single verse divisions are…
Front and back view of a rare example of a label-less 7 inch Zonophone sample/test record pressed by Auburn Button Works in 1903 with a green "sample" label on the back. Sleep well, thou sweet…
Rare example of a "Mother" pressing used to make additional "Fathers" for pressing the discs. Tim Finnegan's Wake performed by John Terrell. Back side of the single-sided disc record showing…
Rare example of a "Mother" pressing used to make additional "Fathers" for pressing the discs. . Tim Finnegan's Wake performed by John Terrell. Single-sided disc record recorded in Sept. 1898
Schliemann and me. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Photo taken in July 1997
Detail showing the embosses/acid etched label from an E. Berliner Gramophone record. This is an example of one of their "decorated" discs. Note the *s at the 3 and 9 O'clock positions. 7 inch…
Canadian E. Berliner Improved Gramophone Record. This is an example of their first paper label from 1901. Brown shellac 7-inch single-sided disc record.
Screenshot of The Arabic Papyrology Database home page which provides access to Arabic documents written on different material such as papyrus, parchment or paper. It is the first electronic…
Detail of the inscribed title page of a copy Michael Wood's book In Search of the Trojan War. This book was the companion to Wood's 1985 6-part BBC TV documentary series of the same name. This…
Detail of an inscribed dedication on the title page of a copy of Leukas : zwei Aufsaetze uber das homerische Ithaka (1905) by Wilhelm Dörpfeld. Wilhelm Dörpfeld assisted Heinrich Schliemann in…
Cover of a copy of Leukas : zwei Aufsaetze uber das homerische Ithaka (1905) by Wilhelm Dörpfeld. This copy contains an inscribed dedication on the title page. Wilhelm Dörpfeld is best known for…
Tibetan Xylographic (wood block) printed leaf containing a Buddhist text. Faint or faded printed text partially over-written. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia early 20th century.
Leaf from a decorated Tibetan Buddhist manuscript on paper. Text in black ink, border highlighted in yellow. Stupa illustrations on side borders. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, early 20th century.
Detail from a leaf from a manuscript copy of Qur'an selections and prayers for the days of the week. Manuscript on burnished paper, Turkey, mid 17th century. Text is written in a delicate but firm…
Leaf from an illuminated copy of Al - Kamilat Al - Sajjadiyah dated AD 1689.
Vellum bound books and papyri.
Detail of decorative opening pages from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper.
Detail of decorative opening pages from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper.
Decorative opening pages from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. Text written in naskhi script in black ink with significant words…
Folio from a dispersed manuscript copy of the Dalâ’il al-Khayrât. Nigeria or Western Sudan early 20th Century. The text is written in a Sudani style Maghribi script (Ifriqi script). The…
Folio from a dispersed manuscript copy of the Dalâ’il al-Khayrât. Nigeria or Western Sudan early 20th Century. Decorative section divider with colorful line borders. The text is written in a…
Detached leaf from an Arabic manuscript. The circle diagram in the page border illustrates Proposition 3 of the third book of Euclid's Elements
Detail of the page border showing a gold and polychrome roundel verse marker from a leaf from an illuminated Safavid Koran, Persia (Iran), circa 1575.
A leaf from an illuminated Safavid Koran, Persia (Iran), circa 1575. Arabic manuscript on burnished paper. There are twelve lines of text to the page in black strong hand of naskhi script with full…
Consecutive leaves from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. Seven lines of text written in nadkhi script in black ink with significant…
Consecutive leaves from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. Seven lines of text written in nadkhi script in black ink with significant…
Leaf from a fragment of Qur'an selections and prayers for the days of the week. Manuscript on burnished paper, Turkey, mid 17th century. Text is written in a delicate but firm black naskhi script,…
Leaf from a fragment of Qur'an selections and prayers for the days of the week. Manuscript on burnished paper, Turkey, mid 17th century. Text is written in a delicate but firm black naskhi script,…
Leaf from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. Seven lines of text written in nadkhi script in black ink with significant words picked…
Leaf from an Islamic Prayer Book. North India, late 18th/19th Century. Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. Seven lines of text written in nadkhi script in black ink with significant words picked…
Looking at a page from a huge manuscript Qur'an on display as part of "the Art of the Qur'an" Exhibit at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). This incredible manuscript…
Illustrated informational card showing various Arabic scripts. From "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery of Art (Smithsonian…
Exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Partial view of a monumental Qur’an…
Exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). One of the extraordinarily beautifully…
Exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Detail of a beautifully decorated opening…
This stunning large manuscript shows a variety of calligraphic styles. This single-volume Qur’an is attributed to Abdallah al-Sayrafi. It was made in Iran, probably Tabriz, around 1330. It is a…
Mamluke period Qur'an from Cairo, Egypt. This Single-volume Qur’an dates to around 1480-90. The highly decorated cover flap from the binding of this large manuscript book is visible in the…
Detail of an exquisitely decorated opening page from a single-volume Qur’an. Copied by Shams al-Baysunghuri; Historic Iran, present day Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period, 1434. One of the items…
Exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Display case showing two Qur'ans. The…
Detail of an exquisitely decorated Qur'an. This Single-volume Qur’an was copied by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khalili al-Tabrizi (Iran, Safavid period) and was completed in January 1576. One of the…
Abbasid period Qur'an dating from ninth to tenth century. This Qur'an was written on parchment in a kufic script. One of the items displayed during the exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures…
Exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Visitors examine one of the magnificent…
One of the highlights of "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" exhibit at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Visitors pose for…
One of the highlights of "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" exhibit at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Looking down from…
Entrance to the exhibit gallery for "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" at the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). A large blue…
Main entrance of the Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). Banners highlighting "The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts" Exhibit. This…
Group of Ptolemaic Period papyri (circa 250 - 200 BC). The right most fragment is written in Demotic (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics) and the rest are in written in Greek. The largest…
Ptolemaic Greek papyri fragment. Circa 250 BCE
Ostraca (Ink inscription on pottery shard). Egypt 19th-20th dynasty (1185-1200 B.C.E.)
Ostraca (ink inscription on pottery shard) in storage box. Egypt 19th-20th dynasty (1185-1200 B.C.E.)
Ostraca with Hieratic writing (ink inscription on stone flake). Egypt 19th-20th dynasty (1185-1200 B.C.E.)
Ostraca (ink inscription on stone flake)in storage box. Egypt 19th-20th dynasty (1185-1200 B.C.E.)
Lenox cat Christmas ornament and lights on tree.
Plasma Ball
Plasma Ball
Two 18th dynasty alabaster kohl jars excavated by John Garstang at Abydos, Egypt.
Artifacts excavated at Abydos in Egypt. Two alabaster kohl jars from John Garstang's excavations and a small footed votive red pottery bowl. All date to the 18th Dynasty.
Artifacts excavated at Abydos in Egypt. Two alabaster kohl jars from John Garstang's excavations and a small footed votive red pottery bowl. All date to the 18th Dynasty.
The LibraryThing welcome/sign-in page. The book pile used on the page is made up of books from my library.
Cover of Un ostracon égyptien (1881) by Édouard Naville (1844 – 1926). Naville was a noted Swiss archaeologist, Egyptologist and Biblical scholar. An ostraca is an inscription written on…
Detail of an autographed copy of Un ostracon égyptien (1881) by Édouard Naville (1844 – 1926). Naville was a noted Swiss archaeologist, Egyptologist and Biblical scholar.
A burnished ovoid shaped red pottery container, decorated around the rim with a black painted band. 5 inches high. Egypt, XVIII Dynasty circa 1500 B.C. From John Garstang's 1906 excavations at…
Cat checking out Peeps.
Inscribed on the front free endpaper (Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt (1898) by W. M. Flinders Petrie.) 'Lady Betty Balfour with Wm. Flinders Petrie's best regards'. Lady Elizabeth Edith…
Sir. William Matthew Flinders Petrie - (1853–1942) English archaeologist and Egyptologist. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.
Pages 2 and 3. Letter from Sir. William Matthew Flinders Petrie (noted Egyptologist) discussing experiments in growing ancient Roman Period barley seeds. 1897
Page 1. Letter from Sir. William Matthew Flinders Petrie (noted Egyptologist) discussing experiments in growing ancient Roman Period barley seeds. 1897
Cat and Birthday Present.
Cat and Birthday Present.
Trays containing microscope slides 1850 - 1930
Cat enjoying corn on the cobb.
Detailed view of antique microscope slides.
Color enhanced detail of a flower. Glycerin mounted flower microscope slide.
Large (1.5 in. x 4.75 in.) microscope slides of animal tooth sections made by Joseph Bourgogne, a preeminent 19th century French slide-maker, in 1861. These difficult-to-make preparations represent…
Two early small paper wrapped microscope slides by C. M. Topping. They date to the mid 1840s.
Microscope slide of Protococcus nivalis, the algae responsible for the so-called "red snow." This sample was collected by Dr. William H. Burk who was a Botanist accompanying Robert E. Peary,…
Medusa (Jellyfish). Image from a microscope slide of a fluid mounted whole specimen prepared by Clarke and Page of London. This slide was made about 1910 and is an example of their finest work.
Large leaf from a Koran on burnished laid paper. Sultintate India, c. 1425. Written in an elegant large bihari script in black ink. The word Allah is picked out in gold. Single verse divisions are…
Cat examining a pumpkin.
Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853 – 1940)
was a German architect and archaeologist. He is best known for his work with Heinrich Schliemann excavating Hisarlik (site of Troy).
was a German architect and archaeologist. He is best known for his work with Heinrich Schliemann excavating Hisarlik (site of Troy).
Block Printed Buddhist figures in black ink on paper. Mongolia, probably Ulambator 20th century. Appears to be a fragment of a printed mandela. The left figure is of a Buddha and the right figure…
Cat listening to a phonograph.
Cat checks out a phonograph.
Cat listening to a phonograph.
Quing Dynasty lacquered wood-carved figurine of the Jade Emperor. This figurine would have once been placed in a family shrine surrounded by attendants or figurines of other gods. He is one of the…
Quing Dynasty lacquered wood-carved figurine of the Jade Emperor. This figurine would have once been placed in a family shrine surrounded by attendants or figurines of other gods. He is one of the…
Quing Dynasty lacquered wood-carved figurine of the Jade Emperor. This figurine would have once been placed in a family shrine surrounded by attendants or figurines of other gods. He is one of the…
Tibetan book cover cloth from Mongolia.
Indentures
Cat relaxing in the hallway.
Unidentified documentary text in Greek on papyrus. Written in a fine cursive hand. The flourishing nature of the script with characters having long extensions is typical of Byzantine Era Greek (mid…
Decorated folio from a manuscript Koran written in a Muhaqqaq script. Northern India or Persia (Iran), c. 1700.
Gilded terracotta Buddhist plaque showing the image of the Buddha. It origintes from Indonesia and probably dates to the 18th century or later.
Arabic Documentary Papyrus Egypt, Late 7th - Mid 8th Century C.E. (Early 2nd - Mid 2nd Century A.H.). The document lists needy poor male Muslims and is a reference to the distribution of funds from…
Cover page of shakuhachi (Japanese flute) sheet music. Printed in Osaka Japan in 1922. Title of the music is Dew on Chrysanthemums
Ostraca. Egypt 19th-20th dynasty (1185-1200 B.C.E.)
Falcon mummy and coffin Ptolemaic or Roman Period Egypt
Tibetan Auspice manuscript. Select pages showing illustrations and decorative borders. Manuscript on paper. Pothi format, Mongolia (late 19th or early 20th cent.)
Decorative leaf from a dispursed manuscript copy of the Qur'an. Mughal India (c. 1721). The manuscript was copied by Muhammad 'Arif al-Haravi who was was given the name Yaqut Raqamkhan ('the…
Detail of the Lord's Prayer. Sacrificium S. S. Missae Manuscript on paper. Europe, circa 1780.
Sacrificium S. S. Missae Manuscript on paper. Europe, circa 1780.
Sacrificium S. S. Missae Title page. Manuscript on paper. Europe, circa 1780.
Books
artwork
Decorated egg.
Artwork. Paper-cut/stencil by Theodore Bernhardt.
Heart
Book Pile Book Titles in pile (Top -> Bottom) Il Goffredo ouero Gierusalemme liberata (1606) Teatro del mondo di Abraamo Ortelio (1684) Sermons De Pere Boudaloue De La Compagnie De Jesus…
Book pile used on the LibraryThing welcome page.
Fossil ammonite cut in half showing internal chambers. Chambers filled and part-filled with quartz crystals.
Fossil ammonite.
Christmas tree decorations.
Viridarium Christianarum virtutum ... apud Ioannem Albinum(1612) Blind-stamped vellum binding with armorial decoration.
Decorative title page of The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb (Everyman's Library) published by E. P. Dutton, (1906).
Antique eyeglasses resting on an open book.
Antique eyglasses resting on an open almanack with vintage books in the background.
Book pile
Ushapti figurine, Egypt, XXVth Dynasty (767-656 BC)
A few papyri from my library. The fragments are mounted between glass panes secured with archival cloth tape in wooden frames. (L -> R) Greek fragment, Demotic fragment, Arabic fragment.
Opening pages of the Codex Bernhardt 01, an Ethiopian Prayerbook. Decorative pages showing protective prayers and the start of the Anaphora of Our Lady Mary. This manuscript is written…
Fragment of a letter written in Arabic on papyrus. Egypt, AD 709 - 714.
This document is from the administrative archive of Qurra ibn Sharîk, Umayyad Governor of Egypt.
This document is from the administrative archive of Qurra ibn Sharîk, Umayyad Governor of Egypt.
Hieroglyphic text on papyrus. Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c. 1500 BC.
Fragment of mummy cartonnage. Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c. 300 B.C. Cartonnage constructed from gesso over a papyrus core. This image shows the back side of a fragment core. Recycled…
Letter written in Coptic on papyrus. Egypt, c. AD 750
Artwork
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