A man in Scottish dress kicks a bull as he cuts it with a knife crying, "Hoot! Damn yeen. Saul what de ye hoke for." Also pictured a abyssianian couple skin a lion. A sphynix with a confused look sits as a stream pours out from under his chair with a crocodile and crabs floating in the water and frogs observing from the side. Monkeys in the trees observe the scene below. A other four-legged animal emerges from the tent in the distance
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse on each side of title: There, which the squeamish souls of Britain shocks, ... ., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark (countermark) : V I.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt, Ethiopia., and Nile River.
Subject (Name):
Bruce, James, 1730-1794
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Antiquities, Clothing & dress, Scottish, Bulls, Crabs, Crocodiles, Frogs, Lions, Monkeys, Tents, and Tourists
publish'd February 5, 1752 according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 36. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The child Moses is being delivered up by his mother Jochebed (who has been acting as wet nurse) to Thermuthis, the daughter of Pharaoh (Exodus, ii.10; after the painting in the Foundling Museum); to right, the mother/nurse is handed coins by a steward as her son clings to her and looks at his adoptive mother warily; to the left, two female attendants, one a Nubian enslaved woman whispers the secret of Moses identity to her colleague. The scene is identified as being in Egypt by a small crocodile and an Egyptian figure with a snake wrapped around its torso beneath the throne; in the left corner an incense burner. In the background are pyramids and a sphinx
Alternative Title:
Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter
Description:
Title from caption below image., Added title and state from Paulson., After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Second state with caption. See Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.2 x 52.2 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 36 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader), and Thermuthis (Biblical figure),
publish'd February 5, 1752 according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
Collection Title:
Leaf 36. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The child Moses is being delivered up by his mother Jochebed (who has been acting as wet nurse) to Thermuthis, the daughter of Pharaoh (Exodus, ii.10; after the painting in the Foundling Museum); to right, the mother/nurse is handed coins by a steward as her son clings to her and looks at his adoptive mother warily; to the left, two female attendants, one a Nubian enslaved woman whispers the secret of Moses identity to her colleague. The scene is identified as being in Egypt by a small crocodile and an Egyptian figure with a snake wrapped around its torso beneath the throne; in the left corner an incense burner. In the background are pyramids and a sphinx
Alternative Title:
Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter
Description:
Title from caption below image., Added title and state from Paulson., After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Second state with caption. See Paulson., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 324., Sheet trimmed to: 41.7 x 51.1 cm., and Formerly on page 162 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader), and Thermuthis (Biblical figure),
publish'd February 5, 1752 according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 33K Box 310
Collection Title:
Leaf 36. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The child Moses is being delivered up by his mother Jochebed (who has been acting as wet nurse) to Thermuthis, the daughter of Pharaoh (Exodus, ii.10; after the painting in the Foundling Museum); to right, the mother/nurse is handed coins by a steward as her son clings to her and looks at his adoptive mother warily; to the left, two female attendants, one a Nubian enslaved woman whispers the secret of Moses identity to her colleague. The scene is identified as being in Egypt by a small crocodile and an Egyptian figure with a snake wrapped around its torso beneath the throne; in the left corner an incense burner. In the background are pyramids and a sphinx
Alternative Title:
Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter
Description:
Title from caption below image., Added title and state from Paulson., After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Second state with caption. See Paulson., and Laid paper; sheet trimmed to 42.0 x 52.0 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader), and Thermuthis (Biblical figure),
Manuscript on parchment of Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books I (parts 1 and 2)-II, in an unidentified and freely adapted Italian translation (e.g., the opening portion of Book II is greatly abbreviated).
Description:
In Italian., Script: Written in an elegant, upright mercantesca script by a single scribe, below top line., Spaces for headings and decorative initials remain unfilled. Initial on f. 1r later addition., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Sewn on four tawed skin, slit straps nailed in channels on the outside of wooden boards. Yellow edges. Pink, green and cream endbands sewn on five cores. Covered in dark red goatskin with corner tongues, blind-tooled with a central ornament in a panel bordered with rope interlace in concentric frames. Two fastenings, leaf-shaped catches on the lower board and the upper board cut in for the clasp straps. Rebacked twice.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Egypt
Subject (Name):
Diodorus, Siculus.
Subject (Topic):
History, Ancient, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on a theological discourse of Shenoute (Discourses, book 8) concerning the cross, hell, the kingdom of Christ, etc. Quotes some biblical material as part of a larger argument
Description:
In Sahidic Coptic, Script: Large uncial script., and White Monastery codex ZD, pp. 193-200. Black ink. Most text is well-preserved; some pages are faded. Two columns per page. Lack of decoration/rubrication. Small fragment contains ink, but no discernible letters. Leaf 1, r = Theological exposition concerning the cross and idolatry with a quotation from Ps 97:7. Leaf 1, v = Mentions heaven and the fires of Gehenna. Leaf 2, r = Mentions a mountain or monastery (ptoou), the sea, and potentially an entourage (komitaton). Leaf 2, v = Coptic page numeration: 198. Mentions a king, the Lord, and land, and sin. Also mentions “those who know the apostles say this: 'God [is] in Christ, who reconciles the world to him.' The interpretation of these things...those who hear me a few times in the midst of every crowd.” Leaf 3, v = Mentions a synagogue and a discourse ("I answered, saying to them: 'It is good...'"). Leaf 4, r = Discourse on "lift[ing] up our cross" and endless prayer. Mentions the kingdom of Christ. Leaf 4, v = Mentions the Lord, grace/gift, a procession out, and "the one who made them."
Manuscript of three Coptic grammatical works by John of Samannud (13th century) and Abu Ishaq ibn al-Assal for the preservation of the Coptic language
Description:
In Bohairic Coptic, Arabic, Script: Uncial script. Black and red ink., Decoration: Some decorative headpieces., Bound together with: Abu Ishaq ibn al-Assal, Scala Rimata. John of Samannud's Grammatical Preface and Scala Ecclesiastica were originally written in the 13th century. All three texts preserved are Coptic grammatical works, presumably for continuation of the language, which was waning in popularity. According to internal Coptic numeration, first nine pages are missing. Numbered folios = 9-123. Contains chapter divisions (Cpt. = kephaleon). Some sections are alphabetically arranged. Many pages still bound in sections. Severe worming and heavy damage to some pages. Significant staining throughout. Some Arabic marginalia. Some letters excised., and Binding: 17th century binding with stamped or pressed floral decoration. Some worming. Some Arabic script on the back flyleaf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
John of Samannud, Grammatical Preface, Scala Ecclesiastica, Abu ibn al-Assal, Scala Rimata.
Najjār, Ibrāhīm ibn Jirjis, 19th cent نجار، إبراهيم بن جرجس، 19th cent
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 757
Image Count:
52
Abstract:
Manuscript in an unidentified hand of the Book of Psalms, with some commentaries and suggestions on the medical, magical, talismanic, etc. benefits of each psalm; undated but most likely from the early part of the 19th century
The author is from the city of Fayyūm in Egypt; a Christian, as his name indicates, probably Coptic. The title states that the number of Psalms are 151 (not 150, as is the case in the current versions)., In Arabic; probably translated from Coptic., The Arabic title translates: Guide to the 151 Psalms and their benefits., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-raʼūf al-raḥmān al-raḥīm wa-bi-hi nastaʻīnu ʻalá kull amr ʻasīr. Nabtadī bi-ʻawnihi taʻālá wa-ḥusn tawfīqihi bi-naskh Kitāb Dallāl al-Mazāmīr al-miʼah wa-iḥdá wa-khamsīn mazmūr wa-manāfiʻihim. Wa-ʻalayhi taʻālá al-tawfīq wa-ḥusn al-khitām. Taʻalluq kātibihi al-faqīr ilá raḥmat rabbihi al-mustaghfir li-dhanbihi Ibrāhīm ibn Jirjis ibn Ibrāhīm al-Najjār min madīnat al-Fayyūm.", 16 x 24 cm.; written surface: 20-22 lines per page., Modern binding., In clear naskhī script; in black ink up to the middle of page 38b, from there to the end in violet ink, on yellowish paper, with headings, keywords and marking in red or larger script; catchwords and numerous magical symbols and magic squares., and Ends abruptly with Psalm 150: "... Wa-hādhā huwa al-Mazmūr. Sabbiḥū al-Rabb yā qiddīsīh. Sabbiḥūhu fī jidd qūwatih. Sabbiḥūhu ʻalá jabarūtihi li-kathrat ʻaẓamatih ... Sabbiḥūhu bi-ṣalāṣil shajīyat al-ṣawt. Sabbiḥūhu bi-ṣalāṣil ..."
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., First line: "With pleasure we lay before the"., In two columns with the title in four lines centered above both and the imprint below the second column; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 63. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3., and Ms. inscription added above title: Battle in Egypt.
Publisher:
Davenport, Printer, George's-court
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt
Subject (Name):
Abercromby, Ralph, Sir, 1734-1801 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
