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Mss Eur F88/472
- Record Id:
- 040-000679977
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000679960
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x00038a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/472
- Title:
- Notebooks of Mountstuart Elphinstone with extracts on Greece, Egypt, Italy, Syria and Asia Minor
- Scope & Content:
- Eight notebooks with extracts on: 1) Asia Minor - including extracts from the works of Strabo, Mr Beaufort and Mr Leake (87 folios - folios 9, 13, 50, 61 and 87 are blank); 2) Syria, Part 1 - with notes on various places in and around Syria, including references to the works by Mr Richardson and his 'Travels Along the Mediterranean', 1822, Mr Wood and Mr Dawkins' 'The Ruins of Palmyra', 1753, and the route they took from Damascus in 1751, etc. (75 folios - folios 69-75 are loose and folios 2, 52 and 70 are blank); 3) Syria, Part 2 (56 folios - folios 2 and 26 are blank); 4) Greece, Part 1 (110 folios - folios 2, 20, 26, 40, 57, 72, 94 and 98 are blank); 5) Greece, Part 2 - with notes and extracts from the works of Strabo and Mr Steele's notes for the north west provinces of Greece (52 folios - folios 2, 18 and 32 are blank); 6) Egypt - includes two maps of Egypt (one is hand drawn), two letters from Mr J Wilkinson, two illustrations of hieroglyphics and comments on the work of Champollion (54 folios - folios 1-9 are loose and folios 8, 9, 12 and 13 are large, folded folios. Folios 7, 25 and 45 are blank); 7) Extracts, Part 1 [Greece] - includes a list of extracts from works referring to various places in Greece. Some of the extracts are written in [Greek and Latin] (96 folios - folios 16-19, 32-35, 51-55, 75-79, 82, 85 and 94 are blank); and 8) Extracts, Part 2 [Asia Minor, Islands and Miscellaneous] - includes a list of extracts from works referring to various places in Asia Minor, the Islands, etc. Some of the extracts are written in [Greek and Latin] (89 folios, the rest are blank. Folios 2, 22-27 and 40-45 are also blank)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000679960
037-000679961
040-000679977 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F88 : Elphinstone Collection (2): Private Papers, Correspondence and Journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service…
Mss Eur F88 Series 12 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Miscellaneous home papers from c 1831; and accounts and bills, 1808-1859
Mss Eur F88 Series 12 Sub-series 1 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Miscellaneous home papers from c 1831
Mss Eur F88/472 : Notebooks of Mountstuart Elphinstone with extracts on Greece, Egypt, Italy, Syria and Asia Minor - Hierarchy:
- 032-000673220[0012]/036-000679960[0001]/037-000679961[0016]/040-000679977
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (8 volumes) 619 folios in all - Vol 1 87 folios, Vol 2 75 folios, Vol 3 56 folios, Vol 4 110 folios, Vol 5 52 folios, Vol 6 54 folios, Vol 7 96 folios and Vol 8 89 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- [1800s]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 16 E12
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)