Cockerell: Two volumes of Inscriptions collected by Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863), architect and archaeologist

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/3437/CKRL

Scope and Contents

Two volumes, each respectively entitled on the spine, 'MS. Inscriptions collected in Greece by C. R. Cockerell, 1810–14, I' and 'MS. Inscriptions collected in Greece by C. R. Cockerell, 1810–14, II'. A description of the contents is written on the title page of Volume One, possibly by C. R. Cockerell himsef:
‘Inscriptions collected in various parts of Greece by C. R. Cockerell, from the year 1810–14; they were copied from the original manuscripts in this form by Signor Amati, in Rome, in 1815, and examined by Mr. Akerblad, who made all the notes and corrections in red ink. Mr. Walpole has made copies of those marked “Cd.,” and has noted those already in print’.

Dates

Creation: 1815

Creator

Cockerell, Charles Robert, 1788-1863 (architect) (Person)
Åkerblad, Johan David, 1763-1819 (diplomat and orientalist) (Person)

Extent

2 volume(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Additional Description

Custodial History

In 1885, when Ernest A. Gardner examined the contents of these two volumes, they were in the care of C. R. Cockerell's daughter-in-law, Mary Cockerell (1838-1931), widow of Frederick Pepys Cockerell (1833-1878).
The volumes came to the Faculty of Classics via A. N. L. Munby and Sotheby's in 1946.

Bibliography

Gardner E. A. Inscriptions copied by Cockerell in Greece. The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 1885;6:143-152. doi:10.2307/623389

Physical Description

Both volumes bound in full vellum, black leather title label with gilt lettering to spine, gilt edges to all three exposed sides of the text block.
Contents handwritten in black ink with annotations made in red ink which has now oxidised to a dark brown.