MANUSCRIPT
Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : Fragments of the Book of the Dead 17th Chant; manuscript from the covers of a book printed at Louvain
- Date
- [ca 1200 BC, 1474]
- By
- Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
- Reference
- MS-Papers-2971
- Description
Fragments of the 17th Chant of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, in hieratic or early Coptic, with comments on backing sheet, in unknown hand. Also fragment of a manuscript in Latin on paper found in the cover of a book published Louvain (Belgium) in 1474.
Source of title - Supplied title
Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Ms, on linen and paper, backed on nineteenth-century paper
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr K A Webster, London, 1957
- Additional description
Access to the original fragments only with cotton gloves; sensitive handling required.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 folder(s) (4 leaves), 0.01 Linear Metres, Records (Documents), Manuscripts, Ms, on linen and paper, backed on nineteenth-century paper
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