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Cambridge Te city o Cambridge received its royal charter in 1201, having already been home to Britons, Romans and Anglo-Saxons or many centuries. Cambridge University was ounded soon aferwards and celebrates its octocentenary in 2009. Tis series explores the history and influence o Cambridge as a centre o science, learning, and discovery, its contributions to national and global politics and culture, and its inevitable controversies and scandals.
A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Since the first donations o Egyptian arteacts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, including most notably the sarcophagus lid o Rameses III donated in 1823, its ancient Egyptian holdings have grown steadily. Tis collection, now one o the most important in Britain, was catalogued or the first time by Sir Ernest Alred Tompson Wallis Budge (1857–1934) o the British Museum’s department o antiquities. Budge was a leading authority on ancient Egypt and had himsel acquired several pieces or the museum in Egypt in 1886-7. Te collection as listed in this 1893 publication publication included 577 objects: sarcophagi, coffins, coffins, canopic jars, mummies, mummies, scarabs, scarabs, sculptures, sculptures, and other decorative decorative objects. objects. Budge provided provided transcriptions and translations o the hieroglyphs that appear on the objects with his descriptions o each item. Although the collection has been augmented by many urther gifs and purchases, Budge’s catalogue remains a valuable record o the collection in the late Victorian Victorian period.
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION
Books of enduring scholarly value
Cambridge Te city o Cambridge received its royal charter in 1201, having already been home to Britons, Romans and Anglo-Saxons or many centuries. Cambridge University was ounded soon aferwards and celebrates its octocentenary in 2009. Tis series explores the history and influence o Cambridge as a centre o science, learning, and discovery, its contributions to national and global politics and culture, and its inevitable controversies and scandals.
A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Since the first donations o Egyptian arteacts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, including most notably the sarcophagus lid o Rameses III donated in 1823, its ancient Egyptian holdings have grown steadily. Tis collection, now one o the most important in Britain, was catalogued or the first time by Sir Ernest Alred Tompson Wallis Budge (1857–1934) o the British Museum’s department o antiquities. Budge was a leading authority on ancient Egypt and had himsel acquired several pieces or the museum in Egypt in 1886-7. Te collection as listed in this 1893 publication publication included 577 objects: sarcophagi, coffins, coffins, canopic jars, mummies, mummies, scarabs, scarabs, sculptures, sculptures, and other decorative decorative objects. objects. Budge provided provided transcriptions and translations o the hieroglyphs that appear on the objects with his descriptions o each item. Although the collection has been augmented by many urther gifs and purchases, Budge’s catalogue remains a valuable record o the collection in the late Victorian Victorian period.
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSIY PRESS Cambridge New York Melbourne Madrid Cape own Singapore São Paolo Delhi Published in the United States o America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Inormation on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108004398 © in this compilation Cambridge University Press 2009 Tis edition first published 1893 Tis digitally printed version 2009 ISBN 978-1-108-00439-8 Tis book reproduces the text o the original edition. Te content and language reflect the belies, practices and terminology o their time, and have not been updated.
