The number and description are taken directly from captions on each photograph; the descriptions have not been edited and appear exactly as they do in the captions on the photographs.
Formerly in volumes 1-14, transferred to boxes 1-33
"398 Palmyre. Mausolée à 4e étage entièrment garni de sarcophages. Syrie", dates not examined
"456 Balbek. Débris de frise de l'intérieur du Temple de Jupiter. Syrie", dates not examined
"1058 Djissr-el-Kardeli, sur le Litani.—Gisser-el-Kardely over the Litany.", dates not examined
"313 Vallée de Gihon et l'étang inférieur—Valley of Gihan and the Lower Pool.", dates not examined
"290 Vallée de Josaphat, vue générale.—Valley of Jehoshaphat, general view.", dates not examined
"310 Vallée des tombeaux de Josophat.—The valley of the tombs of Jehoshaphat.", dates not examined
"1222 Intérieur du tombeau de la Vierge.—Interior of the Virgin's Tomb.", dates not examined
"305 Olivier du jardin de Gethsémané.—Olive tree in the garden of Gethsemane.", dates not examined
"307 Lieu on St Etienne a été lapidé.—Place where St. Stephen was stoned.", dates not examined
"321 Tombeaux des rois, cour intérieur.—Tombs of the Kings, inner-court.", dates not examined
"886 Ancien tombeau creusé dans le rocher.—Ancient tomb hewn in the rock.", dates not examined
"334 Eglise de la Nativité, intérieur.—Church of the Nativity, interior", dates not examined
"333 Eglise de la Nativité: colonnade.—Church of the Nativity: colonnade.", dates not examined
"893 Grotte de la Nativité: la crêche.—Cave of the Nativity: the manger.", dates not examined
"936 Chapelle de l'atelier de St. Joseph.—St. Joseph's workshop, the chapel.", dates not examined
"899 Couvent de Mar-Saba, vue générale.—Convent of Mar-Saba, general view.", dates not examined
"903 Chapelle de Mar-Saba, intérieur.—The chapel of Mar-Saba, interior.", dates not examined
"354 Vallée de Naplouse (Sichem).—The valley of Naplouse (Neapolis) (Sichem).", dates not examined
"351 Samarie (Sébaste), vue générale.—General view of Samaria (Sebaste).", dates not examined
"349 Jezraël", dates not examined
"355 Nazareth; vue prise de la route de Cana.—Nazareth from the road to Cana", dates not examined
"11 Mont Tabor", dates not examined
"359 Mont Tabor et plaine d'Esdrelon.—Mount Tabor and plain of Esdraelon", dates not examined
"362 Vue de Tibériade, prise de l'ouest.—View of Tiberias from the West", dates not examined
"358 Vue générale de Cana en Galilée.—General view of Cana in Galilee.", dates not examined
"949 Vue de Medjdel (ancienne Magdala).—View of Medjdel (ancient Magdala).", dates not examined
"1060 Vue générale du village de Banias.—General view of village of Banias.", dates not examined
"1062 Intérieur de la grotte de Banias.—Interior of the grotto of Banias.", dates not examined
"1063 Ruines du temple de Pan à Banias.—Ruins of the temple of Pan at Banias.", dates not examined
"374 Pont et porte de l'ancienne ville.—Bridge and gate of the ancient city.", dates not examined
"1214 Intérieur de l'hôpital St. Jean.— Interior of St. John's hospital.", dates not examined
"250 Porte de la prison de St. Pierre.—Gate at the prison of St. Peter.", dates not examined
"259 Ruelle allant au palais d'Hérode.— Lane leading to Herod's palace.", dates not examined
"868 Rue et ancienne fontaine publique.—Street and ancient public fountain.", dates not examined
1304 "Vue de l'Arc de l'Ecce Homo en allant vers la caserne (also 1304)", dates not examined
"294 Ancienne église de l'Ascension.— Ancient church of the Ascension.", dates not examined
"877 Coupole de l'Ascension, intérieur.— Cupola of the Ascension, interior.", dates not examined
"876 Intérieur de la chapelle du Pater.— Interior of the chapel of the Pater.", dates not examined
"856 Intérieur de l'Eglise st Sauveur.— Interior of the church of St. Sauveur.", dates not examined
"870 Intérieur de l'Eglise Arménienne.— Interior of the Armenian church.", dates not examined
"871 Sanctuaire dans l'Eglise Arménienne.— Sanctuary of the Armenian church.", dates not examined
"848 Escalier allant au St. Sépulcre.—Stairway leading to the Holy Sepulchre.", dates not examined
"853 Cathédrale grecque dans la basilique.—Greek Cathedral, in the basilica.", dates not examined
"852 Façade latérale du St.-Sépulcre.—Lateral façade of the Holy Sepulchre.", dates not examined
"278 Vue générale de la mosquée d'Omar.—General view of the mosque of Omar.", dates not examined
"286 Tombeau d'Elie (Sebil Kaït-Bey).—Tomb of Elijah (Sebel Kaït-Bey).", dates not examined
"280 Porte donnant accès au-dessous du rocher.—Gate leading under the Rock.", dates not examined
"864 Chaire de la mosquée El-Aksa.—Pulpit in the interior of El-Aksa mosque.", dates not examined
"1220 Mur des Juifs, vue d'ensemble.—The Jews wailing place, general view.", dates not examined
[no caption], dates not examined
[no caption], dates not examined
"788 Damas. Hôpital des lépreux sur l'emplacement de la maison de Naaman.", dates not examined
"1249 Damas. Cour du haut de laquelle St. Paul fut descendu dans une corbeille", dates not examined
[no caption], dates not examined
[no caption], dates not examined
[no caption], dates not examined
"964 Vue de Sidon et du château St.-Louis.—View of Sidon and castle St. Louis", dates not examined
"965 Vue de Sidon, prise de couvent latin.—Sidon, taken from the Latin convent", dates not examined
"369 Saint-Jean-d'Acre, vue générale.—Acre, ancient Ptolemais, general view.", dates not examined
"953 Môle de Césarée, prison de St. Paul.—The pier, St. Paul's prison.", dates not examined
"952 Vue générale du môle de Césarée.—General view of the pier (Césarée).", dates not examined
"1029 Grotte des Horites à Beit-Djibrin.—Caves of the Horites at Beït-Djibrin.", dates not examined
"1015 Vue de Jaffa, prise de la plage.—View of Jaffa, from the sea-shore.", dates not examined
"242 Tours des 40 martyrs à Ramleh.—Tower of the forty martyrs at Ramleh.", dates not examined
"337 Vue générale des vasques de Salomon.—General view of the pools of Solomon", dates not examined
"1228 Hébron, vue prise de la quarantaine.—Hebron taken from the quarantine.", dates not examined
"1035 Ruines de la forteresse de Massada.—Ruins of the fortress of Massada", dates not examined
"972 Sources de Moïse, près du Mt. Nébo.—The spring of Moses, near mount Nebo.", dates not examined
"980 Ammân. Théâtre, vu de face.—Amman. The theatre, view of the facade.", dates not examined
"1010 Temple du Soleil, prise de face.—Djerach. Temple of the Sun, front-view.", dates not examined
"998 Vue générale des propylées.—Djerach. General view of the propylaeums.", dates not examined
"997 Extrémité sud des propylées.—Djerach. South-end of the propylaeums.", dates not examined
"1004 Intérieur du grand théâtre.—Djerach. Interior of the great theatre.", dates not examined
"1005 Proscenium du grand théâtre.—Djerach. Proscenium of the great theatre.", dates not examined
"1008 Petit théâtre et colonnade.—Djerach. Small theatre and colonnade.", dates not examined
"914 Couvent St.-Jean, près du Jourdain.—Convent of St. John, near the Jordan.", dates not examined
"1232 Aïn-el-Sultan, près de Jéricho.—Fountain of Aïn-el-Sultan, near Jericho.", dates not examined
"1045 Wadi-el-Kelt: couvent St.-Elie.—Wadi-el-Kelt: Convent of St. Elias.", dates not examined
"1044 Khan-el-Ahmar.—Khan-el-Ahmar: Scene of the ≪good Samaritan≫ episode.", dates not examined
"904 Fontaine des Apôtres: Aïn-el-Hod.—Fountain of the Apostles: Aïn-el-Hod.", dates not examined
"723 Bédouins chargés d'escorter les voyageurs au Jourdain et à la Mer Morte", dates not examined
Includes volumes of autograph and typed text, notes, tables, photographs, and scrapbooks
Original box numbers retained (various sequences of volume numbers in boxes 15-34)
Assyrian dictionary, undated
Dictionary of ideographs, undated
Assyrisch regenten, undated
Chronological tables, Roman period (vol. 2), Augustus - Garinus, A.C. 30 - A.D. 284, undated
Bibliographie, undated
Phoenician inscriptions, undated
Middle Eastern time line, undated
Hiob, undated
Bosra-Suhba, undated
Reisewerk, Erster Entwurf, undated
Reisewerk, undated
Golan, undated
Nukra, undated
Himyaric inscriptions, undated
Aglun, undated
Petra, undated
Nordostlicher Hauran, undated
Himyaric dictionary, undated
Babylonian Historical Inscription Autograph Manuscripts by Littman or Prof. Mierov, undated
- 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.
- Acquisition:
From the Brunnow library. Babylonian Historical Inscription Autograph Manuscript is AM 13742.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
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- 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:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-35
- 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.