Inscription on cornerstone of University Hall, 1 July 1813

Latin inscription carved into the cornerstone of University Hall laid into place by President John Kirkland on July 1, 1813.

IV. College bowl inscription, undated

Inscription likely composed in the eighteenth century by Boston attorney Josiah Quincy, Jr., father of Harvard President Josiah Quincy (1829-1845). There are no known records of this cup, but it may have been part of the College Plate. The inscription begins, "Crown high the Goblet," and references knowledge, truth, and virtue. The last line reads "inquit Quincy," which translates as "says Quincy."

Inscription for Mr. Remington's grave stone, ca. 1800

This one-page undated and unattributed document contains a handwritten copy of the Latin inscription made for Jonathan Remington's gravestone.

Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta stone.

The "Report" includes the hieroglyphic text, translations of the three texts, and an essay on Ptolemee Epiphanes. The "Appendix" contains a facsimile of the demotic text and the Greek text.

A series of designs for Gothic monuments, churchyard crosses, sepulchral slabs, and head crosses; together with remarks on some modern erections, and their assumed connection with ecclesiastical buildings--pagan symbolism--unchristian character--position--inscription, etc., etc.,

Mode of access: Internet.

Bowl with Kufic inscription and tree motif

Glass, Islamic, Fatamid; 4 7/32 in. x 6 1/32 in.; blown glass and stained glass with copper and silver stains

Plate with figures around a pool, two bands of Naskhi inscription

Shamsuddin al-Hasani Abu Zayd; 1 29/64 in.x 1 ft. 1 55/64 in.x 9 59/64 in.; stone-paste painted over glaze with luster

Analyse de l'inscription en hiéroglyphes du monument trouvé à Rosette : contenant un Décret des Prètres de l'Egypte en l'honneur de Ptolómée Epiphane /

La h. de lám. es de jeroglíficos.