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1. Add MS 8781

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Add MS 8781
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GIUSEPPE LUIGI ASSEMANI: Travel Journal to Egypt and the Middle East; 1744-1745. Italian. Autograph. Giuseppe Luigi Assemani (circa 1710-1782), a naturalised Italian from a Syrian Maronite family, was professor of Syriac and Oriental liturgy at the Catholic University 'La Sapienza' in Rome from 1737; cf. Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. i (1907), pp. 794-795, and DBI, 4 (1962), pp. 436-437. He was also the brother of Giuseppe Simone Assemani, orientalist and Librarian of the Vatican Library, for ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Tacketed full vellum binding on semi-limp pasteboards: 1744-1745. Egypt: Palestine: Syria: Lebanon: Travel journal by G. L. Assemani rel. to: 1744-1745: Ital. Voyages and Travels: Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Professor of Syriac and Oriental liturgy: Diaries and Memoranda: Travel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1744-1745
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 21026

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CORRESPONDENCE of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., on hieroglyphic literature; 1814-1828. The writers are: 1. [Joannes David] Akerblad; Rome, Jan. 31, 1814. Fr. f. 1; Dec. 15, 1814. Fr. f. 17; Apr. 19, 1816. Eng. f. 29. 2. Baron Silvestre de Sacy; Paris, Sept. 23, 1814. Fr. f. 11; July 20, 1815, f. 24; Jan. 30, 1816, f. 27; May 14, 1816, f. 31. 3. J[ean] F[rançois] Champollion le Jne; Grenoble, Nov. 10, 1814; with draft reply. Fr. f. 15; May 9, 1815, f. 22; Sept. 11, 1827, f. 81. 4. [Edme F...
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Thomas Young, MD: Correspondence on hieroglyphic literature: 1814-1828. Hieroglyphics Egyptian: Correspondence and plates of Dr. T. Young relating to: 19th cent. includes: ff. 1, 17, 29 Joannes David Akerblad: Letters to Dr. Young: 1814-1816.: Fr. and Eng. ff. 11, 13, 24, 27, 28 b, 31, 31 b A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1814-1828
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 25613-25675

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Add MS 25613-25675
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The "Collectanea Ægyptiaca" of James Burton, formed between 1820 and 1839, and were presented by Decimus Burton. Sixty-three volumes.
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Topography Collections of Drawings: Drawings illustrative of Burton's Collectanea Ægyptiaca: 19th cent. Egypt: Collectanea Ægyptiaca, by J. Burton: 1820-1839. James Burton: Collectanea Ægyptiaca: 1820 - 1839. Antiquities: Collectanea Ægyptiaca, diaries, drawings and notes, by James Burton: 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
63 items

4. Add MS 33566

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" RELATIONE del Viaggio di Gerusalemme ": account by Vincenzo Favi of a pilgrimage from Venice to Jerusalem in 1615, going by way of the Mediterranean and Egypt and returning through Damascus, Aleppo, and Alexandretta; with a dedicatory letter to Charles Emanuel, Duke of Savoy. At the end are:- Corso e valuta delle monete." f. 148;-and an Index. f. 151. Illustrated with a map of the route (f. 6), and numerous plans and sketches, in pen and ink, of buildings, etc., many bearing the name of ...
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Jerusalem: Pilgrimage of V. Favi to, with drawings and plans: 1615.: Ital. Voyages and Travels: From Venice to Egypt, Jerusalem and Syria, by V. Favi: 1615.: Ital. Duchy of Savoy: dedicated to: in 1615. Palestine: Travels in, by V. Favi: 1615.: Ital. Gio. Cales, alias de Kales: Illustrations...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 37268

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LETTERS from Sir Alexander John Ball, Bart., Captain and (1805) Rear-Admiral, Governor of Malta (1802-1809), to Granville Penn, a clerk in the War Department, relating to political affairs and the situation in Malta, Egypt, etc.; 28 May, 1802-27 Dec. 1805. With enclosures, viz. :- 1. Extract from an intercepted letter of the Bailly - di Tomasi, of the Order of St. John, to a friend in Malta; Messina, 16 Nov. 1802. Ital., with a translation. f. 14. 2. Copy of an anonymous paper against the...
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Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander John Ball, 1st Baronet: Letters, as Governor of malta, to G. Penn: 1802-1805. Granville Penn: Letters to, from Sir A. J. Ball: 1802-1805. Island of Malta: Letters from Sir A. J. Ball relating to: 1802-1805. includes: f. 14 Tomasi, Bailly: Letter to F. A. Grognett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1802-1805
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 37448-37471

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Add MS 37448-37471
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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

7. Add MS 41192

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Add MS 41192
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Nos. 41192-41194 were purchased at the sale of a further portion of the collection of the 26th Earl of Crawford (cf. 41170-41173). 41192. LETTERS AND PAPERS largely relating to the campaigns of the First French Republic, 14 Pluviose, an 4 [3 Feb. 1796]-16 Apr. 1804; mainly in French. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among the contents are:- 1. Papers of British naval commanders in the Mediterranean, viz.:- (a) Autograph letters of, and commissions signed by, Admiral Sir ...
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France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. First Republic: Papers rel. chiefly to the campaigns in Italy and Egypt: 1796-1804.: Fr. James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford; 9th Earl of Balcarres: Papers collected by. includes: f. 1 John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1796-1804
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 54195

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Add MS 54195
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HENRY SALT: papers from the collections of Henry Salt, F.R.S. (d.1827), Consul-General in Egypt 1815-1827; 1817-1821, n.d. Partly autograph. Partly Italian. Salt was active in archaeological exploration and the collection of antiquities. For a detailed account of Salt's career, see J. J. Halls, The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, 2 vols. (1834). Presented by Mrs Elizabeth Kathleen Mackenzie Holt, 17 June 1967 (see departmental correspondence). Paper; ff. 91. British Library arrangem...
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Antiquities: Henry Salt, FRS; Consul-General in Egypt: Papers of Henry Salt: 1817-1821, n.d.: Partly Ital: Partly autogr. includes: ff. 1-45v Egypt: [J?] B. Caviglia, merchant captain: Report, etc., on excavations at the Pyramids and Sphinx, to H. Salt by Capt. Caviglia: 1817-circa 1818: Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1817-1821
Extent:
1 item

9. EAP848/1

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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

10. EAP1142/1

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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

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