Manuscripts

Papyrus of Paanfai

Description: Papyrus inscribed in hieratic and hieroglyphic script containing the Adoration of Osiris and magical spells. Written for "Paanfai", who also had the title: "priest of Amun-Re, king of the gods". Originated in Thebes during the Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, (approximately 990-976 B.C.). Four sheets of papyri joined together, outside edges not visible under matting. Sheet 1: 9 cm visible from edge of matting to center of illustration. Sheet 2: 19.5 cm from center of illustration to column 1. Sheet 3: 20.5 cm from column 1 to column 2. Sheet 4: 16.5 cm visible from column 2 to edge of matting.
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Date: approximately 990-970 B.C.
Call number: mssHM 46671
Provenance: Written for PꜢ-ʿn-fꜢı͗ "Paanfai", wʿb n I͗mn-Rʿ ny-sw.t nṯr.w "priest of Amun-Re, king of the gods"; Alice and George Millard collection Illustrating the evolution of the book, acquired for the Huntington Library by a group of their friends in 1939.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Oversized. Cannot be paged, imaged or reproduced without conservator review. Use of original may require special handling instructions and extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 23 x 67 cm (inner size of frame)
Associated people: Millard, George M., (1873-1938,)
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Papyrus of Taatemperamun

Manuscripts

Eighteen-sheet papyrus containing the text of the Adoration of Osiris and spells from the Book of the Dead. Written for the woman Taatemperamun, who also had the title "head of household" and "singer of Amun-Re, king of the gods". Originated in Thebes during the Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, (approximately 990-976 B.C.)

mssHM 84123

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Employees - Jacobs, Jody

Manuscripts

4 items: LAT tear sheet, 6/20/1974, "Eyeball to eyeball with Rex Reed," by Jacobs; clip from Los Angeles (mag), 1/1975, on Frank Sinatra feud with LAT; clip from Los Angeles (mag), 2/1975, brief in "What's Up" column providing more on Frank Sinatra feud with LAT; LAT tear sheet of Jody Jacobs last column for the paper (date not included).

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[Colored painting of Trinity College coat of arms]

Manuscripts

Description visible image 14 x 11 cm matted to 2 x 18 cm Babson no. BC/ J2 Notes Black and white photomechanical reproduction.

mssBabsonArt

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Communications - Carrier Pigeon Service to Santa Catalina Island

Manuscripts

1 item: tear sheet of Jack Smith's column, Los Angeles Times Magazine, 2/23/1986, "Wings across the water," on the carrier pigeon mail service from Avalon, Catalina Island, to Los Angeles, between 1894 and 1902.

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F[rat]ris Baptistae Man. Carmelitae theologi ad reuere[n]dissimum in Christo patre[m] ac D[omi]n[u]m D. Oliueriu[m] Carafa[m]: Sabinen. Ep[iscopu]m & Cardinale[m] Neapolitanu[m] De suo[rum] t[em]poru[m] calamitatibus

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Imprint from colophon. Full colophon reads: Calamitatum nostri temporis op[us] diuinu[m]. Parisiis impressum per Michaele[m] Lenoir. Anno natiuitatis domini millesimo nonagesimo octtauo die decima tertia mensis Marcij. Includes additions by Franciscus Ceretus. Woodcut printer's device on title page and illustration of the Crucifixion on the title page verso. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.9 x 12.8 cm. Text in one column. Signatures: 2a⁸ 2b-2h⁶ 2i-2k⁸. Illustration on t.p. verso and capital letters on leaf a2r touched in yellow. Binding: half green morocco with marbled paper.

84659

Sketch of Niagara River. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, showing the course of the Niagara river from Buffalo to Fort Niagara. Also shows the tributaries, canals, roads and neighboring settlements. Colored. Accompanied by two printed maps on one sheet: 'Niagara Strait and vicinity by Joseph W. Ingraham, 1836' and 'Niagara Falls and vicinity by James W. Ingraham, Boston'. The maps are each 14 x 9 cm and printed side by side on a sheet 17 x 20 cm. Text above maps reads: "Reduced from the large maps in Ingraham's 'Description of Niagara' for his 'Manual for the use of visitors to the falls.'" The Niagara Strait and vicinity map appears to be the basis for this manuscript map.

mssHM 15466

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