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Lawrence-Cesnola Collection. Cyprus Antiquities excavated by Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola, 1876 to 1879, scan 1

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Lawrence-Cesnola Collection. Cyprus Antiquities excavated by Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola, 1876 to 1879

Alexander Palma di Cesnola

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Lawrence-Cesnola Collection. Cyprus Antiquities excavated by Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola, 1876 to 1879 (London 1881) is a short illustrated account of the finds made by Alexander Palma di Cesnola, brother of Luigi Palma di Cesnola, who excavated in Cyprus from 1876 with money advanced by Edwin H. Lawrence, as he records in the preface to Salaminia. It was printed in London by W. Holmes & Son.

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Cesnola opens with a description of the island, a history of ancient Cyprus and an essay on Cypriote antiquities by class, from pottery, terracottas and stone sculpture to glass, metalwork, jewellery, gems and coins. Reprinted notices follow, from The Athenaeum of 26 June 1880 and the Academy of 27 November 1880, and letters on the collection from A. H. Sayce, Ernest Renan (in French) and others. Shorter sections treat cinerary urns, lamps, a sepulchral marble tablet from Salamis, the Cypriote syllabary and an inscribed stone fragment from Paphos, and the book closes with plates. The French pages are shown with our English translation. His fuller account is Salaminia.

Sources

  • Cesnola, A. P. di 1881. Lawrence-Cesnola Collection. Cyprus Antiquities excavated by Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola, 1876 to 1879. London: W. Holmes & Son, title page and pp. 1–16.
  • Cesnola, A. P. di 1884. Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures, & Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. 2nd edn. London: Whiting & Co., Preface to the first edition.

Contents

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  1. CYPRUS ANTIQUITIESscan 1
  2. THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS.scan 6
  3. INTRODUCTION.scan 8
  4. HISTORY OFscan 8
  5. Y PRU S.scan 8
  6. CYPRIOTE ANTIQUITIES.scan 16
  7. The following has been extracted from "The Athenæum," June 26th, 1880.scan 30
  8. ANTIQUITIES FROM CYPRUS.scan 30
  9. ఒఖపట్నంలో ఒఖపట్నంలోscan 45
  10. Cher Monsieur,scan 50
  11. (PROFESSOR A H. SAYCE, Queen's College, Oxford.)scan 56
  12. 明月松间照清泉石上流scan 57
  13. (J. R. HERBERT, ESQ, R.A.,)scan 58
  14. Extracted from the “Academy,” November 27th, 1880.scan 60
  15. THE CINERARY URNS.scan 68
  16. INSCRIPTION ON A SEPULCHRAL MARBLE TABLET FOUND AT SALAMINIA.scan 78
  17. 明月松间照清泉石上流scan 79
  18. THE LAMPS.scan 80
  19. The Cypriote Syllabary.scan 82
  20. The Cypriote Syllabary (Continued).scan 84
  21. On a fragment of Calcareous Stone from Paphos.scan 96
  22. Fragment of Calcareous Stone from Paphos.scan 96

Plates and figures

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