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Add MS 45158 B
- Record Id:
- 040-002017853
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002017851
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001250.0x000177
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043125208.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45158 B
- Title:
- ‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
- Scope & Content:
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The second of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 19 April to 23 May 1911, covering the journey from the vicinity of Dara, in Turkey, to Bell’s arrival in Aleppo. The notes record: places passed or visited; times of arrival and departure; temperature and atmospheric pressure readings; some description of the topographic character of the places passed through; and copies of Greek, Syriac, and Nabatean tomb inscriptions.
The volume also includes:
- drawings depicting two anthropomorphic figures, possibly of stone carvings from a tomb at Kermati [Kayabali], above a drawing of three arches. All three drawings have dimensions indicated (ff 3v-4)
Folios 25-37 are blank.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002017851
040-002017853 - Is part of:
- Add MS 45158 A-C : Oblong duodecimo notebooks, map and list of buildings, belonging to Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
Add MS 45158 B : ‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002017851[0002]/040-002017853
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 45158 A-C
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001250.0x000177
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English
Greek, Ancient
Syriac - Scripts:
- Arabic
Greek
Latin
Syriac - Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 19 Apr 1911-23 May 1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with i, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)