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Creator:
Brünnow, Rudolf-Ernst, 1858-1917
Title:
Rudolf-Ernest Brünnow Papers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/sj1391972
Dates:
1876-1897
Size:
54 boxes
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-35
Language:
English

Abstract

German Semitic philologist, Rudolf-Ernst Brünnow (1858-1917) was a professor of Semitics at Princeton (post-1910) in Greek, Latin, German, French, Turkish, Assyrian, and English. The collection consists of notes, photographs, inscriptions, tables, and descriptions by Brünnow.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of notes, photographs, inscriptions, tables, and descriptions by Brünnow, Princeton professor of Semitics post-1910, in Greek, Latin, German, French, Turkish, Assyrian, and English. The collection contains six volumes of descriptions of Roman monuments, two volumes of historical inscriptions, three volumes of chronological tables of the Roman period (AD 312-AD 640), ten volumes of photographs and description of sites in Arabia, used in the preparation of Die Provincia Arabia auf Grund Zweier in den Jahren 1897 und 1898... (1904-1909) by Brünnow and Alfred v. Domasweski, fourteen volumes of notes and quotations concerning Syria and Persia, and five volumes of notes taken when he was a student at Strasbourg in 1876-1878. There are miscellaneous single volumes including a dictionary of Assyrian ideographs, a geographic index of northern Syria, Phoenician inscriptions, a Middle Eastern time-line (800 B.C. - 200 A.D.), and a bibliography of the geography of Palestine. Also present is a small group of letters (1909-1914) in Arabic to Brünnow from Markus al Batarsi mostly concerning social life at the end of the Ottoman Empire.

A concomitant series consists of a group of approximately 850 photographs (formerly in 14 volumes) by the French photographer Felix Bonfils (1831-1885) and his firm of the Levant ("Die Provencia Arabia"), including Lebanon, Jerusalem, Damascus, Greece, Baalbek, and the Dead Sea area. [For more on this section, see the record for Bonfils photographs.]

Collection Creator Biography:

Brünnow, Rudolf-Ernst, 1858-1917

German Semitic philologist, Rudolf-Ernst Brünnow (1858-1917) was a professor of Semitics at Princeton (post-1910) in Greek, Latin, German, French, Turkish, Assyrian, and English.

Collection History

Acquisition:

From the Brunnow library. Babylonian Historical Inscription Autograph Manuscript is AM 13742.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Rudolf-Ernest Brünnow Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/sj1391972
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-35

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Related Materials

For related published material on Felix Bonfils in Princeton University Library see:

Bonfils, Felix: Remembrances of the Near East: the Photographs of Bonfils, 1867-1907, from the Collections of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House and the Harvard Semitic Museum (Rochester: International Museum of Photography, 1980), 20 pp., ill., Marquand Library - (SAPH) DS44.5.B65

Bonfils, Felix: Souvenirs d'Orient: Album Pittoresque des Sites, Villes et Ruines les Plus Remarquables de la Terre-Sainte, photograhié et edité par Félix Bonfils (Alais (Gard): Chez l'auteur, 1878), 53 leaves, 50 plates, ill., Firestone Library, Rare Books - (Ex) DS44.5.B66 1878q oversize

Gavin, Carney E. S.: Bonfils and the Early Photography of the Near East, pp. 442-470, 16 plates, in the Harvard Library Bulletin, vol. 26, no. 4 (Oct. 1978), Firestone Library - 0631.2344.25

Tomlinson, R. A.: The Athens of Alma Tadema, Catalogue of the photographs in the Alma Tadema Collection at the University of Birmingham Library. The principal photographs are by F. Bedford, J. P. Sebah, F. Bonfils, and W. J. Stillman (Wolfeboro Falls, NH: A. Sutton, 1991), 178 pp., 8 plates, ill., Marquand Library - (SA)DF919.T65

Subject Terms:
Akkadian language -- Dictionaries.
Chronology, Roman.
Geography -- Palestine -- Bibliography.
Historic sites -- Arabian Peninsula.
Inscriptions, Greek.
Inscriptions, Latin.
Photography -- Middle East -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Semitic languages.
Genre Terms:
Cuneiform inscriptions.
Inscriptions, Semitic.
Inscriptions, Turkish.
Photographs -- 19th century.
Names:
Bonfils, Félix, 1831-1885
Places:
Arabian Peninsula -- Photographs.
Athens (Greece) -- Photographs.
Damascus (Syria) -- Photographs.
Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan) -- Photographs.
Greece -- photographs
Italy -- Antiquities, Roman.
Jerusalem -- Photographs.
Jordan -- Photographs.
Lebanon -- Photographs.
Middle East -- Photographs.
Palestine -- Photographs.
Syria -- Description and travel -- 19th century.
Syria -- Photographs.
Turkey -- Social conditions -- 1288-1918.
West Bank -- Photographs.