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The Description de l'Égypte (French pronunciation: [dɛskʁipsjɔ̃ də leʒipt], "Description of Egypt") was a series of publications, appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829, which aimed to comprehensively catalog all known aspects of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history.
Created in Alexandria, the codex consists of 104 pages (52 leaves), and contains the earliest surviving whole copies of the Book of Jonah and 1 Peter, as well as containing Peri Pascha, part of 2 Maccabees (5:27 to 7:41), and an Easter homily. [1] [2] It is considered an early example of the transition from scroll to codex. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Book of Abraham Manuscript-C [33] 31 cm × 19 cm (12.2 in × 7.5 in) The most complete manuscript with 5 leaves comprising Abraham 1:1–2:18. William W. Phelps and Warren Parrish: July–November 1835: 1 Book of Abraham Manuscript and Explanation of Facsimile I [34] 29 cm × 19 cm (11.4 in × 7.5 in)
John Payne - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (unexpurgated) (1882–84) Edward Powys Mathers based on J. C. Mardrus in 4 volumes (1923) Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons - The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights published by Penguin Books based on the Macnaghten or Calcutta II edition (Egyptian recension) in 10 volumes (2008)
The educational text Book of Kemit, dated to the Eleventh dynasty, contains a list of epistolary greetings and a narrative with an ending in letter form and suitable terminology for use in commemorative biographies. [150] Other letters of the early Middle Kingdom have also been found to use epistolary formulas similar to the Book of Kemit. [151]
The Report of Wenamun: 25–29: The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia: Ipuwer Papyrus: 1.42: The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage: the Admonitions of Ipuwer: 441–444: The Admonitions of Ipu-wer: The Eloquent Peasant: 1.43: The Eloquent Peasant: 407–410: The Protests of the Eloquent Peasant: Instruction of Any: 1.46: Instruction of Any: 420 ...
Ancient Records of Egypt is a five-volume work by James Henry Breasted, published in 1906, in which the author has attempted to translate and publish all the ancient written records of Egyptian history which had survived to the time of his work at the start of the twentieth century.
The Amduat [pronunciation?] (Ancient Egyptian: jmj dwꜣt, literally "That Which Is In the Afterworld", also translated as "Text of the Hidden Chamber Which is in the Underworld" and "Book of What is in the Underworld"; Arabic: كتاب الآخرة, romanized: Kitab al-Akhira) [1] is an important ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom of Egypt.