'Mosque at Suq el Khamis' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View of the ruined mosque at Suq el Khamis [Khamis Mosque], Manama, Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II. Two figures at far left. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Mosque at Suq el Khamis' Below image, in pencil: ‘504’
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
'British Sailor.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View from the stern of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, at sail. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor' Below image, in pencil: ‘507’
'British Sailor.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View from the stern of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, at sail. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor' Below image, in pencil: ‘507’
George Frideric Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72). Autograph
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The MS. ends at the end of H-G., p. 48, line 5, bar 1. The last four leaves of the work will be found in Eg. 2953, ff. 98-101, which contain a long recitative for Polifemo (not in H-G.), the Finale ‘Chi ben ama’, and the date: ‘Napoli li 16 di Giugnio [sic]. 1708. d’Alvito.’. Points of note: ...
George Frideric Handel: Acis and Galatea, (masque by John Gay, with texts by Alexander Pope and John Hughes), HWV 49. Autograph
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Points of note: 1. f. 5. ‘Oh the pleasures.’ The Alto, Tenor 1 and Tenor 2 parts are written in the Tenor clef. Name of singers: ‘Mr Blackley’, ‘Mr Row’, ‘Hardres’[?; Burrows and Ronish suggest ‘?Rogers’], over which are written: ‘Ten 1’, ‘Ten 2’ and ‘Ten 3’. 2. f. 10. ‘Ye verdant plains’. ‘Sr...
George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (dramma per musica by Vincenzo Grimani), HWV 6. Autograph
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f. i. is an inserted leaf with a note (‘The 1st scena of this Opera is missing’) by F. Nicolai, originally before f. 1, now bound at the end of the volume, after f. 121. Points of note: 1. f. 1. All is wanting before the words ‘a poveri dispensa l’or’ in Act I, sc. 1. 2. f. 1v. Agrippina’s r...
George Frideric Handel: Alcina (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia), HWV 34. Autograph
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The text and clefs of some of the recitatives are in the handwriting of a copyst. Some of the Balli, who are missing from this MS, are in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS. 30 H 8, pp. 1-8. ff. 21v and 36v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 12v. Act I. At the end...
George Frideric Handel: Alessandro (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli after a libretto by Ortensio Mauro), HWV 21. Autograph
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The numbering of the scenes differs in the MS. from H-G., which follows the printed libretto. ff. 29v, 38v, 51v, 84v, 96v, 99v, 107v and 119v are blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. Act I, sc. 1. At the end of the opening recitative: ‘Il nemico fugge dal muro all’arrivo di Alessandro’. H-G. print...
