'Somaliland. Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission 1929-1930.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel J.H. Stafford, Major Phipps & Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
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Field traverse sheets and photo mosaic covering the British Somaliland - Italian Somaliland boundary and adjacent areas, together with graphic indexes. Creation start date derived from earliest use of G.S.G.S. designation in WOOS/33/1. 'Ground control in Trig. Library. Air Photographs by R.A.F....
'British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1932.' Created by 'Lt. Col. Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
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Field traverse sheets covering British Somaliland - Ethiopia boundary and adjacent areas, and graphic index. Some sheets also include British Somaliland - French Somaliland boundary. Note: The War Office ledger indicates transfer to the BL of only those items beneath the sub-heading 'Grazing Ar...
'British Somaliland & French Somali Coast Boundary Commission, 1933-34.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
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Covers the British Somaliland - French Somaliland frontier, surveyed as part of the British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission survey. The material was used in the compilation of G.S.G.S. 4075 titled 'Frontier of British Somaliland and the French Somali Coast' produced in 2 sheets dated ...
Various material created in connection with the British intervention in north west Russia. Coverage includes Murmansk, Archangel, Schunga, Lake Onega and part of the River Dvina.
'An Hindoo Temple at Deo in Bahar.' Plate 5 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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An Hindoo Temple at Deo in Bahar. No. V. AN HINDO TEMPLE AT DEO, IN BAHAR. Deo is a small village in the neighbourhood of Gya, in the province of Bahar. The Temple is dedicated to Seeva, and reported to be of considerable antiquity, although from the nature of the material of which it is bui...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of modern papers removed from other Yates Thompson MSS. Contents: [ir-iir]: Table of contents. ff. 1r-3r: A 1453 bond by Jean, Bastard of Orleans, count of Dunois and of Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais, for 200 crowns, with a 1469 and notarial certificate of receipt (ff. 1r-...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of over 100 papers and letters to Henry Yates Thompson removed from other Yates Thompson MSS, mostly from museums and libraries in England and abroad offering provenance information, translations, and commentaries on his manuscript collection. Includes letters from M. R. James (15r...
George Frideric Handel: Aria ‘E troppo bella troppo amorosa la Pastorella’, part of the cantata ‘Ho fuggito Amore anch’io’ (HWV 118), for voice and basso continuo
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. In D; tempo direction ‘allegro’ (f. 1r). Annotations by Vincent Novello in the upper margin of f. 1r record that the manuscript formerly belonged to Domenico Dragonetti and attest to its authe...
George Frideric Handel: ‘Floridante’, opera in three acts (libretto Paolo Antonio Rolli): final chorus ‘Quando pena la costanza’ from Act III
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of nine staves. No tempo direction. Headed ‘Coro’ (f. 1r) and with ‘Fine dell’ Opera à Londres ce 28 de Novembre 1721’ at the end (f. 4r). Part of Handel’s composition score of the opera. The discovery of this hitherto missing conclusion to the c...
