Original lion couch vignette on P. Joseph Smith I (Facsimile 1) from the fragment of Book of Breathing for Horos.

CDA reports MC selling papyri and mummies in Ohio before Joseph Smith acquires them.

Transcript of BOA Manuscript–C [Abraham 1:1–2:18], dated circa July–November 1835.

Joseph translates an alphabet and arranges a grammar to the BOA.

Hand drawn copy of hypocephalus produced between 1835–1842.

Joseph purchases papyri and mummies.

Michael Chandler certificate that Joseph translated papyri correctly.

W.W. Phelps describes two papyrus rolls.

JS translates papyrus with "spectacles."

Albany Journal reprints newspaper article on Joseph acquiring mummies, papyri; says Joseph identified the mummies.

Non-LDS Painesville Telegraph paper reprints mocking description mummies and papyri; says Joseph identified the mummies as the biblical Joseph and Abimelech.

Joseph, Oliver Cowdery, and W.W. Phelps are recorded as laboring on the on "Egyptian alphabet."

Frederick G. Williams records that Joseph "recommences" translating the papyri.

Joseph gives revelation saying Warren Parrish will be scribe, assist in translating "ancient records."

Warren Parrish records that Joseph spent day translating Egyptian records.

Joseph records that he translated Egyptian records in his journal.

JS spends day "transcribing" Egyptian characters.

JS "explained" Egyptian Records to apostles; describes formation of planetary system.

Anonymous critic is skeptical that Joseph can translate papyri.

Joseph agrees to allow Joseph Coe to exhibit mummies and papyri.

JS translating papyri; language same as BOM.

William West says Joseph can translate missing portions of papyri.

WF sees papyri and mummies in Kirtland Temple, JS Sr. explains their contents.

Warren Parrish says he sat by Joseph's side as he translated by revelation.

William Swartzell says JS "intends" to translate papyri in 1838.

JS preaches sermon; draws from language of BOA.

Anonymous source published in Sentinel of Freedom says Joseph identified hand writing of Abraham on papyri.

Tyler Parsons debates a Mormon who uses Book of Abraham in his argument.

JS gives sermon, draws on concepts from the BOA.

Joseph gives sermon where he draws from "Abraham's record"; teaches about the Godhead.

William Appleby describes seeing papyri and mummies; editor mocks Joseph.

Anonymous source reports Mormon missionary using Book of Abraham as evidence for Joseph being a prophet; says Book of Abraham will be published soon.

Daniel P. Kidder recounts recovery of papyri and mummies; speaks of JS having four mummies and a "roll" of papyrus.

Daniel P. Kidder criticizes and mocks Facsimile 1.

Wilford Woodruff assists in printing the Book of Abraham; records Joseph translating "hyeroglyphics" via Urim & Thummim.

BY admonishes LDS to assist JS in financial matters so that he can devote himself to spiritual concerns, including translation of BOA.

Joseph instructs Reuben Hedlock on how to prepare Facsimile 1.

First published text of Book of Abraham (Abraham 1:1–2:18), "purporting" to be a translation of the writings of Abraham.

Joseph prepares Book of Abraham for publication.

Manuscript version of explanations to Facsimile 2.

JS proofs the BOA to be published in T&S.

JS shows "original" papyri to RH to prepare for publication.

Joseph translates Book of Abraham text for the next issue of the Times and Seasons.

Second installment of first published text of BOA (Abraham 2:19–5:21).

Reprint of original 1842 printing of Facsimile 2.

Contemporary non-LDS newspaper announces publication of BOA.

The Telegraph reports that Joseph has published Book of Abraham, calls it a "revelation."

Joseph responds to James Gordon Bennett on the mummies and papyri in the Times and Seasons.

James Gordon Bennett republishes Facsimile 1; comments on BOA in the Weekly Herald.

T&S 1842 printing of Facsimile 3.

Parley P. Pratt announces that Book of Abraham will soon be published; says it is older than the Bible.

Parley P. Pratt reprints text of Abraham 1:1–2:18 in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star.

Joseph cites the BOA in his teachings on how God reveals things to the world.

Parley P. Pratt reprints Abraham 2:19–5:21.

John Taylor says Joseph promised to translate more of the Book of Abraham.

Charlotte Haven says a "long roll of manuscript" was the "writings of Abraham."

BW visits Nauvoo, remarks on signage in front of JS's house charging "25 cents" to see mummies and papyri.

Adiel Sherwood says he saw mummies and papyri; Joseph says they are 4,000 years old; Lucy Mack Smith says they contain the teachings of Paul.

Joseph suggests preparing an Egyptian grammar.

JG describes visiting Nauvoo, seeing mummies, meeting JS.

LK describes seeing mummies, LMS identifies one as "King Onitus."

Joseph Smith replies to Joseph Coe letter of January 1 disputing any claim Joseph Coe has on monetary recompense for the mummies.

Anonymous visitor reports visiting Lucy Mack Smith, who shows him papyri and mummies.

Josiah Quincy writes to wife about visiting Joseph, mentions that Joseph translated hieroglyphs.

JS uses BOA in a discourse on plurality of gods.

Zina D. Young visits Lucy Mack Smith and sees mummies/papyri.

WWP says eternity is 2.55 billion years, got this information from "records . . . of Egypt".

Henry Halkett's summary of John Quincy visiting Joseph, seeing mummies. Claims one mummy is Pharaoh Necho.

W. Aitken visits Lucy Mack Smith, views papyri and mummies, calls the mummy Pharaoh, conflates discovery of the Book of Abraham with the Book of Mormon.

WS reports on a visitor to Nauvoo who saw mummies and papyri; claims that LMS said Joseph of Egypt buried the papyrus.

Reuben Miller shows James J. Strang the "translation of the book of Abraham" in a theological argument over priesthood.

Lucy Mack Smith shows papyri to visitors.

WS discusses how to send the mummies and papyri to JS in Voree, WI.

AB reports that WS has mummies, refuses to give them to the Utah LDS Church.

"F. J." visits Lucy Mack Smith, sees mummies and papyri, identifies mummies as "kings and queens."

Reprint of BOA and Facsimiles in the 1851 first edition of the POGP.

Mary A. Stearns Winters sees mummies and papyri as a young girl, Joseph tells her they are "thousands of years old."

Anonymous guest sees papyri and mummies; Lucy Mack Smith describes contents.

OP cites BOA in sermon on plural marriage regarding pre-mortal spirits coming to earth.

SMH reprints article in SFH summarizing OP speech using the BOA to say JS was a descendant of Abraham.

EF visits Nauvoo in June 1844; sees mummies and papyri; mentions son's "revelations."

Josiah Quincy recounts visit to Nauvoo in 1844, visiting Joseph, seeing mummies and papyri, says Joseph explained vignettes on papyri.

George A. Smith retells how JS got the papyri, relates anecdote about the BOA and papyri.

EHS sells mummies and papyri fragments to AC in 1856.

Orson Pratt say JS translated the Book Of Abraham by the same power as the BOM (i.e., revelation).

FDR writes of "rolls of Egyptian papyrus" being acquired by JS.

St. Louis Museum publishes notice of JS Papyri on exhibit.

"W. M. L." reports seeing JS Papyri and Mummies in St. Louis Museum in 1857, is informed by GS that the owner of the papyrus is named Horus.

GS disputes JS's interpretation of papyri; correctly identifies owner of papyrus as Hor (Horus); describes Facsimile 3.

WWP discusses Kolob and the contribution of the BOA.

English translation/reprint of JR's Voyage au pays des Mormons; JR discusses BOA; cites TD on BOA facsimiles; TD interprets them differently than JS.

CM catalog for 1863 indicating possession of JS Papyri and mummies.

Orson Pratt cites BOA in discourse on Creation, meaning of "day" and "year", etc.

T. B. H. Stenhouse says he heard W. W. Phelps say that Joseph Smith first learned about polygamy translating the BOA papyri.

Orson Pratt cites BOA on issue of "time" vs. "day" in Creation.

Orson Pratt recounts translation of Book Of Abraham; associates it with Urim & Thummim.

Anson Call recalls handling papyri, reading from BOA translation for two hours.

EBM sees mummies and papyri, describes LMS explaining who the mummies are, says JS knows their identity by revelation.

Frederic G. Mather says JS could read missing portions of papyri by "special revelation."

Anonymous author in Deseret News argues that Pearl Of Great Price accounts of creation corroborate the Bible, are also confirmed by science.

HA remembers seeing papyri, but cannot recall precise details of visit.

Josiah Quincy views mummies and papyri.

Edward Tullidge gives account of Joseph acquiring mummies and papyri, claims his source is John R. Riggs.

BFJ remembers seeing papyri and mummies, calls them "princes and queens."

J. H. Kennedy says that Joseph Jr. could translate the papyri as soon as he saw them.

BHR recounts discovery and translation of the BOA.

Howard Coray witnessed JS translate with "the Seer's stone."

AJ recounts discovery and translation of BOA; discusses its astronomy.

RH remembers seeing mummies and papyri.

CDE discusses Abraham's vision in the BOA; says the U&T was an "instrument" like a telescope.

George Q. Cannon disusses BOA teaching on the gradation of spirits and stars.

Joseph Smith III describes seeing mummies and papyri, discusses how they ended up in Wood's Museum.

Millennial Star reports on missionaries in Vienna seeing hypocephali in museum; official guide of the museum compares them with Facsimile 2 of Book of Abraham.

Benjamin Ashby recalls seeing papyri and mummies.

JHE gives overview of coming forth of BOA, says text was "reveal[ed] to the world" by JS.

Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner remembers JS relating to her content not published in the Book of Abraham.

C. C. A. Christensen recounts discovery and translation of Book of Abraham for Danish LDS periodical.

Isaac Ball recounts translation of the Book of Abraham for young women LDS.

OFW cites BOA in discussion of time difference and fall of Adam.

Jerusha Walker Blanchard says "roll of papyrus" was source of BOA.

Janne M. Sjodahl recounts translation of BOA for LDS youth.

N. B. Lundwall reprints unsourced claim that Jonathan Crosby said books of Moses, Enoch also found with mummies.

The Met bulletin lists acquisition of the JS Papyri in 1947.

Nibley reproduces communication by Hughes to Petersen on the interpretation of the figures in Facsimile 1.

Deseret News recounts how Zina D. Young hid mummies under her bed for safekeeping.

Dialogue interviews HGF; he says original scrolls could have been "quite long," perhaps as long as 15 feet.

McKay discusses developments with reacquiring the JS Papyri.

David O. McKay records in journal that First Presidency discussed where to keep the Joseph Smith Papyri after acquisition, arranges for transfer ceremony.

First Presidency and Quorum of the12 discussion of Tanner report about acquisition of JS Papyri, plans for the papyri; Q12 view the papyri after acquisition.

Church News reports on the recovery of the Joseph Smith Papyri.

Klaus Baer translates the Hor Book of Breathings among the Joseph Smith Papyri.

JMT writes about the rediscovery of the JS Papyri in the Church's magazine.

BYU Studies publishes photos of the Joseph Smith Papyri.

IE publishes photographs of the JS Papyri in the February 1968 issue of the magazine.

Hugh W. Nibley relates account of JFS seeing the papyri spread out wide as JS studied them.

HWN translation of the Hor Book of Breathings.

CMH connects Kolob and cites BOA with astronomical symbolism on the Salt Lake Temple.

Gee argues for authentic ancient elements in Joseph Smith's explanations to the BOA facsimiles.

Gee discusses how Figure 3 of Facsimile 1 could be a priest even with a jackal head.

Rhodes gives translation and commentary of Facsimile 2.

RKR translates the Hor Book of Breathings among the JS Papyri.

Gee highlights the changes made to Fac 2 in the various editions of the Pearl of Great Price.

Rhodes translates figures in Facsimile 3 of the BOA.

Rhodes discusses two vignettes on the Hor Book of Breathings (Facs. 1 and 3).

RKR revised translation from 2000 of the Hor Book of Breathings among the JS Papyri.

Revised and expanded version of HWN translation of Hor Book of Breathings.

Gee discusses Facsimile 3 of BOA, disputes idea that it is a judgement scene.

Gee reviews miscellaneous advances in BOA scholarship up to 2008.

Nibley and Rhodes explain significance of Figure 7 of Fac 2 from ancient Egyptian perspective.

Kerry Muhlestein discusses the significance of the BOA Header.

Bible chronology chart in 2013 LDS edition of the Bible.

Introduction to the 2013 official edition of the POGP.

1981/2013 current edition of the canonical Book of Abraham with facsimiles.

Smoot interviews Muhlestein on issues related to the Book of Abraham and the facsimiles.

Church Newsroom lists original dates of publication of Gospel Topics essays; BOA essay published on July 8, 2014.

Muhlestein discusses implications of Abraham 1:12, 14 for the relationship of text with facsimiles.

Ann Macy Roth explains that there are ancient Egyptian divinities connected with fertility.

JG gives overview of the Book of Breathings text.

JSP editors discuss marginal characters in BOA manuscript margins.

Gee discusses textual history of Abraham 1:12, 14.

Institute Manual for POGP explaining Church's position on the BOA Facsimiles.

Barney writes MA thesis on Facsimile 3.

Mekis gives exhaustive Egyptological discussion of the hypocephalus.

POPG Central article on Figure 3 of Facsimile 1 exploring issues surrounding its identification.

Mekis translates and transliterates Egyptian characters from Facsimile 2.

The Joseph Smith Papers editors reconstruct a timeline of the translation of the Book of Abraham.

JSP notes the marginal characters in BOA manuscripts, note that some of them come from the Grammar and Alphabet documents.