
Book·1914·English
Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus
John L. Myres
668 scanned pages, each shown beside its printed text, with 194 pages of plates and figures.
The Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus (New York 1914) was written by John L. Myres, then Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at Oxford, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection was formed in Cyprus by Luigi Palma di Cesnola. In his preface Myres calls it a guide to the parts of the collection on display in the Cesnola Room and other departments and an introduction to the ancient arts and industries of Cyprus. It is not a full catalogue: lesser objects are grouped, and the reserve "student series" is left out. References are kept mainly to Cesnola's Cyprus and the Atlas of the Cesnola Collection.
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An introduction on the history of the collection and on ancient Cyprus is followed by a bibliography and numbered sections by class: pottery (nos. 1–1000), sculpture, terracottas, small objects in stone and glaze, imported Greek vases, inscriptions, lamps, gold and silver ornaments, finger-rings, seals, metal vessels, bronzes and iron, glass, and ivory, bone, shell and lead. An appendix of inscriptions, tables of reference and a general index close the volume.
Sources
- Myres, J. L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Preface pp. v–vii and Table of Contents.
Contents
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- PREFACEp. v
- TABLE OF CONTENTSp. xi
- Introductionp. xiii
- History of the Cesnola Collectionp. xiii
- Ancient Cyprus in History and Culturep. xxvi
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYp. xliii
- The Collection Of Potteryp. 3
- Preliminary notep. 3
- Numbers 1–1000p. 11
- THE COLLECTION OF SCULPTUREp. 123
- Numbers 1001–1420p. 141
- The Collection Of Terracotta Headsp. 255
- Numbers 1451–1487p. 255
- The Collection Of Small Objects In Stone, Alabaster, And Egyptian Glazep. 265
- Numbers 1501–1700p. 265
- The Collection Of Imported Vases Of Greek Fabricsp. 285
- Numbers 1701–1772p. 285
- THE COLLECTION OF INSCRIPTIONSp. 299
- Numbers 1801–1985p. 302
- THE COLLECTION OF TERRACOTTA FIGURESp. 329
- Numbers 2001–2350p. 332
- The Collection of Lamps — PAGE Numbers 2501–2949p. 365
- The Collection of Gold and Silver Ornaments Numbers 3000–4050p. 373
- The Collection of Finger-Rings Numbers 4051–4299p. 405
- The Collection of Cylinders and other Oriental Seal-stones Numbers 4300–4550p. 429
- The Collection of Vessels of Gold, Silver, and Gilded Bronze Numbers 4551–4599p. 457
- The Collection of Bronzes and Objects of Iron Numbers 4601–5030p. 471
- The Collection of Glass Numbers 5051–5803p. 503
- The Collection of Ivory, Bone, Shell and Lead Numbers 5901–5985517
- Appendix of Inscriptions Phoenician Inscriptions521
- Cypriote Inscriptionsp. 525
- Inscriptions in Greek and Cypriote characters togetherp. 545
- Greek Inscriptionsp. 547
- Cuneiform Inscriptionsp. 555
- Sassanian Inscriptionsp. 557
- Indices Tables of Referencep. 561
- General Indexp. 579
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