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Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Names:
Dennison, Walter, 1869-1917  Search this
Kelsey, Francis W. (Francis Willey), 1858-1927  Search this
Sanders, Henry A. (Henry Arthur), 1868-1956  Search this
Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Extent:
2 Linear feet
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Dimay
Egypt -- Cairo -- Cairo
Date:
1907-1920
Scope and Contents note:
This portion of the collection includes correspondence regarding the Biblical manuscripts and gold treasure purchased by Charles Lang Freer in Egypt and the scholarly study and publication of these manuscripts. 1906 December 19 Purchases 4 manuscripts from Ali Arabi in Cairo: I Deuteronomy/Joshua, II Psalms, III Four Gospels, IV Fragments of the Epistles of Paul 1910 Publication of "The Washington Manuscript of Deuteronomy and Joshua" by Henry A. Sanders (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. VIII, Part I) 1912 Publication of "The Washington Manuscript of the Four Gospels" by Henry A. Sanders (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. IX, Part 1) 1914 Publication of "East Christian Paintings in the Freer Collection" by Charles R. Morey (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. XII, Part I) 1915 Publication of "The Washington Manuscript of the Psalms" by Henry A. Sanders (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. VIII, Part II) 1916 Purchase of manuscripts of the Minor Prophets and other manuscripts, mostly Coptic, by Dr. David L. Askren for Charles Lang Freer and J. Pierpont Morgan, from Maurice Nahman in Cairo ; Publication of "The Coptic Psalter" by William H. Worrell (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. X, Part I – this is Part I of "The Coptic Manuscripts in the Freer Collection") 1918 Publication of "The Washington Manuscript of the Epistles of Paul" by Henry A. Sanders (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. IX, Part II) Publication of "A Gold Treasure of the Late Roman Period" by Walter Dennison (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. XII, Part II)
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes correspondence regarding the Biblical manuscripts purchased by C.L. Freer in Egypt and the scholarly study and publication of these manuscripts.
Biblical Manuscripts and Gold Treasure Series
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 2 series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1907-1920, Series 2: Documentation, 1907-1920
Biographical / Historical:
Art collector; Detroit, Michigan. Collected Asian, American, and European art, including a large collection of works by James McNeill Whistler. Founded the Freer Gallery of Art, which is now part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.01 08
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Photographs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
Identifier:
FSA.A.01, Series 8
See more items in:
Charles Lang Freer Papers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3038d2f4a-04fb-4393-86f1-4424ac0f724f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref2179