Study of old inscriptions or epigraphs as writing

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An ornate vase on a large and elaborate pedestal bearing an epitaph to Christoffel van Brants. Etching with engraving by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

An ornate sepulchre bearing an inscribed epitaph to Mr. Jacob Boreel. Etching with engraving by J. Goeree, c. 1697, after S. Schynvoet.

A queen sits on a throne in ornate surroundings, below is an inscription to the wedding of Nicolaas de Vicq and Maria Jacoba van Reit. Etching with engraving by L. Scherm, c. 1701, after J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet.

A warrior, a Turk and a bravo present a tablet inscribed with a dedication of etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer. Etching by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778.

A topographical list of the inscriptions of the Madras presidency (collected till 1915) with notes and references / by V. Rangacharya.

Illness and cures in the Greek propitiatory inscriptions and dedications of Lydia and Phrygia / Angelos Chaniotis.

Indian epigraphy : its bearing on the history of art / edited by Frederick M. Asher, G.S. Gai.

Monumenta Anglicana: being inscriptions on the monuments of several eminent persons deceased in or since the year ... 1700 [or rather 1600 to the end of the year 1718] / Deduced into a series of time by way of annals.

Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.

A prayer to Allah. Oil (?) painting.

Below, an inscription recording a building contract from Puteoli, for the construction of a monumental gateway outside the temple of Serapis; above, reconstruction of the gateway, with a view through it and across a courtyard to the temple. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1761.

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Inscriptions

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Below, an inscription recording a building contract from Puteoli, for the construction of a monumental gateway outside the temple of Serapis; above, reconstruction of the gateway, with a view through it and across a courtyard to the temple. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1761.

A prayer to Allah. Oil (?) painting.

Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.

Inscriptions

Images from the collections

Images of Inscriptions

Images about Inscriptions

Works from the collections

Below, an inscription recording a building contract from Puteoli, for the construction of a monumental gateway outside the temple of Serapis; above, reconstruction of the gateway, with a view through it and across a courtyard to the temple. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1761.

A prayer to Allah. Oil (?) painting.

Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.

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