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beautiful. The aspect of Henry’s poem most alien to the modern reader is his lengthy medical digression on the eyes and ears in order to explain and justify the need

It was almost like leaving the cinema after an afternoon show about war and aliens, then walking into the blinding light of the day’s reality and normalcy.

The name ‘Manuscripts Department’ probably makes most people think of hand-written medieval parchment books with illustrations of a religious nature. ... We also have material relating to people and institutions less known but no less interesting.

I want to show what was popular among real people, what they wanted to read. ... They are living objects, parts of people’s lives, and can carry those lives on their pages.

Cypriot independence letter, Y3018I_6. I am going to examine the use of language and how it informs our understanding of the struggles of the Cypriot people at this time. ... With this property Nikolaos has the means to proceed with any action that will

Many of the gifts appear to be small amounts to people in need who were travelling through Ely, perhaps to pay for the next stage of their journey. ... What caught my attention was the variety of people being helped and the snapshot the accounts provide

During World War II, the need to keep people fed and the need to keep people safe also had an impact outside. ... The government’s 1941 ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, which encouraged people to grow their own food at a time of rationing, saw

It was a wretched wet night, & very mild. [Richmond] Temple took me to dine with some people called Bigham (in Cheyne Walk) – B. ... Bigham & Godley argued that it is a very fine sight to see the people behaving in Bank Holiday style, & they got very

Documentation update. The AMS documentation for data contributors has been further updated with new guidance on creating agent records for people, corporate bodies and families.

February is LGBT History Month, an annual event promoting equality and diversity by increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and raising awareness of matters affecting these communities.

Over 500 people visited the Make and Create tent during the afternoon and 125 concertina books were created.

We call this provenance: tracing the history of single volumes or whole collections through the lives of the people who have owned them. ... reminded of the power such links – to great individuals long dead – can exercise upon people today: a

There is also a forum for participants to share ideas and experiences; almost 5000 people signed up for the first course from 100 different countries.

For four years between 1940 and 1944, the French people had known him only through his broadcasts on the BBC – or through the vilification of Vichy propaganda.

people who wrote to him.

1865 when the Ijebu King would not allow white people to pass through his territory.

We have seen in the history of the people of other nations that this is a good system’ (Vol. ... Supplying information to my people. […] What is your object in doing that; do you want to enlighten them? –

Have you ever wondered what food and drink medieval people enjoyed during Christmastime?

and the director of the Royal Observatory […]. For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science fiction.

For example, a lunar eclipse in the third month of the Islamic calendar (Rabingulawal or Rabīʻ al-awwal) portends that many people will experience starvation, while the major Cĕnthini predicts many

Almost a hundred years ago, over the night of 14–15 June 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown became the first people to […]. Search for:. Categories. Categories. Select

increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and raising awareness of matters affecting the LGBT+ community.

The scene is described well by Munby, who speaks of a high wind which ‘made the hangings of the bed rustle and flutter…[giving] the illusion of people whispering in the

Whitten Brown became the first people to […]. This is a regular update about the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) project.

The project is throwing up lots of fascinating stories about the lives of everyday Fenland people, some of which have made it onto this blog already.

Many postcards like this one of Kiyomizu-dera, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, also give us a interesting glimpse into the lives of people at the time.

For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science fiction.

During World War II, the need to keep people fed and the […]. This guest post by Dr Miranda Griffin (Fellow in French at Murray Edwards College) explores the imagery in two

February is LGBT History Month, an annual event promoting equality and diversity by increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and raising […]. …25…Search for:. Categories. Categories. Select

This connection to people from the past makes this binding special.

He was hired to take photographs and make paintings in order to create a visual record of the people, landscapes and geography of the vast empire.

The peoples of the Pacific, regarded as exotic and captivating in the eighteenth century, were increasingly imagined to be in need of civilisation as growing European empires sought to assume racial

and interactions with Maasai peoples.

Yet libraries are places for all their people and the history of the library is equally the social history of those who use it and work for it, those stationed in

standard styles of handwriting were probably used for such records by a range of people).

It notes that he was from a family of Netherlandish stationers (a word used to describe people who dealt with the various aspects of book production and sale, including printers, binders

Bartholomew captured the mood in Cambridge when he wrote in diary some two months later that “People are losing their heads about him I think,” and two years later Virginia Woolf

The Senate House as University space, the mixed crowd outside the railings, every window and rooftop packed with people.

The people thought me mad. I read myself nearly blind.’ Beckford later gave the Lausanne library to his physician Dr Frederic Schöll, who sold part of it to one John Walter

Agnes and Margaret had learned photography to produce copies of manuscripts in St Catherine’s Monastery – possibly the very first manuscript digitization project – but they also photographed scenery and people.

Other than the simple pleasure of knowing that a book was once held by people like the Elizabethan polymath John Dee, the great seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton, or the

For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science fiction.

This is an untitled album assembled by Margaret ‘Killie’ Campbell (1881-1965) documenting the peoples of southern Africa. ... There are accompanying typescript captions and explanatory notes supplied by Campbell, some of which use anachronistic or

The collection captures the different levels of political and cultural engagement between colonial civil servants, local authorities and the local people themselves, particularly the Ashanti. ... Burns. Y30448Q/23 and 29 are, however, more characteristic

Westgate’s glass plates provide a vivid pictorial history of his work, and reflect his interest in the traditions and culture of the people among whom he lived, Y30469F/GN. ... Eastman’s slides also include impromptu street scenes capturing people

Do the jinn consciously intend to sting people, or does contagion occur through happenstance? ... How is it that people can contract the plague in the month of Ramadan, when the jinn are bound and fettered?

At the minimum, the AMS will use the same professional standards for archival catalogues as the Janus project and controlled access terms describing people, organisations, places and subjects will be shared

Many of the volumes on display are association copies with important dedications, but it is the books themselves that are evidence of the importance that the French people attached to publishing

Since my intended audience was not necessarily academic, but rather people generally interested in astrology and history, most of the manuscripts I selected for the exhibition, and all of the recipes, ... Of course, there will always be people who click

The Archive, which continues to expand, contains minute books, financial records, printing ledgers, art work, author correspondence and photographs, all of which give evidence of the people and changing technologies of