The study of texts inscribed on durable materials, across time, space and cultures

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.

1 print : etching ; platemark 35.3 x 25.5 cm

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.

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.

x, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 33 cm.

Report on the antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, being the result of the second season's operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75 / by James Burgess.

xxi pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 603, 8 pages, 9 plates (4 folded) : frontispiece (map), illustrations, 2 maps, 2 plans ; (4to)

Travels in various countries of the east; being a continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, etc / edited by the Rev. Robert Walpole, M.A.

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.

Yale French studies

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.

Australian journal of French studies

Chicago review

1 painting : oil (?) and gold on papier mâché (?) ; sight 57 x 78 cm

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Yale French studies

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.

Australian journal of French studies

Chicago review

A prayer to Allah. Oil (?) painting.

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.

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.

Report on the antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, being the result of the second season's operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75 / by James Burgess.

Travels in various countries of the east; being a continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, etc / edited by the Rev. Robert Walpole, M.A.

Inscriptions

Images from the collections

Images of Inscriptions

Images about Inscriptions

Works from the collections

Yale French studies

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.

Australian journal of French studies

Chicago review

A prayer to Allah. Oil (?) painting.

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.

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.

Report on the antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, being the result of the second season's operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75 / by James Burgess.

Travels in various countries of the east; being a continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, etc / edited by the Rev. Robert Walpole, M.A.

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