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  Book of the Dead (leaf)

  Hollins University

  • Country of Origin: Egypt
  • Date: 1100-950 B.C.E.
  • Material: papyrus
  • Provenance: Samuel H. McVitty
  • Text for Item no. 7 from from Dawson's Catalog 114 (Nov. 1926): "The Book of the Dead. Papyrus Leaf, measuring 8 3/8 inches wide and 7 3/4 inches tall, from a Hieratic Copy of the Book of the Dead, made for a nobleman, Pen-Amen-Apt. Dating about XXI Dynasty (1100-950 B. C.). Characters in red and black. Mounted on blue cardboard, protected by cellophane."

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  Japanese Fairy Tales Vol. 1

  Unknown

  1. Momotaro, or Little Peachling

  2. The Tongue Cut Sparrow

  3. The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab

  4. The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom

  5. Kachi-Kachi Mountain

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  Japanese Fairy Tales Vol. 2

  Unknown

  6. The Mouses' Wedding

  7. The Old Man and the Devils

  8. Urashima, the Fisher-Boy

  9. The Eight-Headed Serpent

  10. The Matsuyama Mirror

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  Japanese Fairy Tales Vol. 3

  Unknown

  11. The Hare of Inaba

  12. The Cub's Triumph

  13. The Silly Jelly-Fish

  14. The Princes Fire-Flash and Fire-Fade

  15. My Lord Bag-o'-Rice

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  Japanese Fairy Tales Vol. 4

  Unknown

  16. The Wonderful Tea-Kettle

  17. Schippeitaro

  18. The Ogre's Arm

  19. The Ogres of Oyeyama

  20. The Enchanted Waterfall

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  To Them That Star Stood for One Hundred Per Cent American Soldier. The Best Soldiers Make the Best Citizens.

  Gordon Grant

  Broadside "Service Series No. 40."

  Dimensions: 11 x 35.5 cm.

  Note: Color broadside depicts a man and woman standing, with backs to the viewer, looking at a Blue Star Service Banner. The banner signified a child in active military service.