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Language German Place Egypt, Africa Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 37448-37471

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 37448-37471
Title:
JOURNALS, correspondence and other papers of Joseph Hékékyan Bey, an Armenian in the Egyptian service, 1829-1874, including records and sketches of archaeological excavations in Egypt. Hékékyan was born circ. 1807, the son of a translator in the service of Mehemet Ali, who paid for his education in England, at Stonyhurst College and elsewhere, and his training in engineering and manufactures, 1818-1830. On his arrival in Egypt he was employed in superintending cotton factories, technical sch...
Scope & Content:
Joseph Hékékyan, Bey: Journals, correspondence and papers: 1829-1874. Egypt: Journals, correspondence, etc., of Hékékyan Bey: 1829-1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
1829-1874
Extent:
24 items

2. EAP848/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP848/1
Title:
The collection preserved at Grishashvili Library Museum
Scope & Content:
The collection contains the following: private archive of Ioseb Grishashvili, rare and unique bibliographic editions, urban folklore, playbills, handwritten books, newspapers etc. The collections are displayed in showrooms and stored in repositories. The Georgian writer and scientist – Ioseb Gr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Abkhazian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Czech, English, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Not applicable, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, and Ukrainian
Date Range:
1712-1999
Extent:
21540 TIFF images

3. EAP1142/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1142/1
Title:
Collection of Manuscripts (Recent Additions), Incunabula and Rare Books at the Monastery of St. Saviour in Jerusalem (Biblioteca generale di Terra Sancta)
Scope & Content:
This collection contains the following two series: EAP1142/1/1: Manuscripts [14th century-20th century]EAP1142/1/2: Incunabula [1471-1500].
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, Catalan, Coptic, English, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Samaritan Aramaic, Slovenian, Spanish, and Syriac
Date Range:
14th century-20th century
Extent:
106018 TIFF images

4. Egerton MS 1900

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1900
Title:
German translation of Niccolò da Poggibonsi’s Libro d’Oltramare; itinerary of a trip from Europe to the Holy Land and back; instructions for pilgrims to Jerusalem.
Scope & Content:
The main text of this manuscript recounts a first-person account of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai. Because of the contemporary note on one of the original flyleaves (f. 156r, copied in 17th century on f. 1v) stating that Gabriel Muffel (d. 1498), third son of the Nuremburg patrician ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1465
Extent:
A paper codex