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71. Add MS 63135(2)

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Add MS 63135(2)
Title:
Rabgyaling Monastery, 14000 ft. Chortens. 30-7-06 Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a row of stupas or chortens at the Rabgyaling monastery: On the 30th we had a precipitous ascent of 600 feet in as many yards, and then followed a track through the soft sand to Rabygyaling. This place possesses the useful distinction of being marked on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
30 Jul 1906
Extent:
1 item

72. Add MS 74789(4)

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Add MS 74789(4)
Title:
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. The Certosa. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across olive groves towards the monastery of Certosa di Val d'Ema, a few miles south of Florence, with the Duomo (retouched in this print) visible in the left background.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

73. Add MS 74789(6)

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Add MS 74789(6)
Title:
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence (Certosa). Tomb of Niccolo Acciajuoli in the Certosa di Val d'Ema. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the tomb, with a sculpture of the deceased (the founder of the Certosa) reclining beneath an arcaded structure. See print 4 for a view of the monastery in which the tomb is situated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

74. C.43.i.7(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.43.i.7(37)
Title:
The Monastery belonging to the Castle of the Desmonds. Photographer: Fitzgerald, Otho
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Oval image; a somewhat grainy view looking over the river and across parkland towards the tower of the monastery church. Technical note: 'Taken by How's wax paper process in April 1855; bright sun; exposure twenty minutes (over exposed); developed with saturated sol...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item

75. L.15.c.6(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.15.c.6(4)
Title:
The foot of Mount Horeb, with Convent of Sinai & Plain of ther Assemblage. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Frith 182.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley towards the monastery buildings.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

76. L.R.420.c.10(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(11)
Title:
Chieh T'ai Ssu — Western Hills. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from a terrace of the monastery, with a figure contemplating the view: 'The Chieh T'ai Ssu...or Altar of Abstinence is a richly endowed Buddhist monastery some 15 miles from Peking. It was a favourite resort of the Emperor Ch'ien Lung, and the view from its...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

77. L.R.420.c.10(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(12)
Title:
Courtyard of the Lama Temple. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tree-lined cortyard of the temple, with one of the bronze guardian lions on its plinth in the foreground: 'The Yung Ho Kung...commonly known as the Lama Temple, is near the north wall at the end of Hatamen Street. It is a temple or rather...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

78. L.R.420.c.10(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(43)
Title:
Lama Temple [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the courtyard of one of the buildings of the Lama Temple: '...The fine building in this view contains a great wooden image of Maitreya, or Mi lei, who is the Buddha next to come into the world. It is seventy-five feet high and is said to be carved out ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

79. L.R.420.c.10(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(58)
Title:
Ta Chüeh Ssu — the Western Hills. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the roofs of a cluster of temple buildings, set among the wooded hills: 'The Monastery of the Great Awakening...lies under Yang Shan; it dates from the early 15th century, and was once very prosperous, with some 200 reisdent monks. Now it ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

80. Maps 29.d.28/4(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 29.d.28/4(19)
Title:
Wády ed Deir with Convent of St Katherine. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the wadi towards the Monastery of St Catherine.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

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