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16 Jul 2024: The idea that people would deface a centuries old sacred manuscript either with pictures or land charters is risible.

Many of these items are uncaptioned, so we would be very grateful for assistance in identifying the people and places shown. . ... Two other important collections in this release relate to Samoa during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,

It is well-known that Turkic people were active throughout Persianate Central and South Asia at that time. ... a verse from the Qur’an (Q 9:97) which says that “The desert Arabs are the most stubborn of all peoples in their disbelief and hypocrisy”.

16 Jul 2024: series of guest posts by UL researchers, a href="https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/graduates/Georgia.Thurston"Georgia Thurston/a (Faculty of English, University of Cambridge) shares her research ... The University Library’s collection of

By way of showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, Esslemont created this illustrated edition of the poem in book form to highlight the awful recurrent and ubiquitous nature of war,

16 Jul 2024: But I long for the physical. The collections of the UL were made by people, and are nothing without people. ... manuscripts of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (MS Kk.5.16)" width="300" height="202"

Since paper was scarce, people often scribbed recipes down on the endleaves of books in their possession, as in the example at the head of this post (a religious book in ... By the eighteenth century there was a vast number of recipe books, which not

16 Jul 2024: Popular beliefs, customs and legends that a generation earlier had been despised by virtually all educated people and earmarked for eradication became a matter of intense interest to genteel amateurs during ... Many people were eager to cling to the

16 Jul 2024: His presentation traced the innovative, complex, contradictory and problematic ways Hirschfeld used images to advance his arguments for medical, legal, political and social respect for homosexual and transgender people./p pOur ... These were regular

16 Jul 2024: 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./p pY30448Q/14 and 15 are ... Y30448Q/23 and 29 are, however,

16 Jul 2024: series of guest posts by UL researchers, a href="https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/graduates/Georgia.Thurston"Georgia Thurston/a (Faculty of English, University of Cambridge) shares her research ... The University Library’s collection of

RCMS 381_2 Three Sisters Plantation, British Solomon Islands, 1938. Although few in number, French’s letters from Australia and the Solomon Islands vividly portray the people and places he encountered. ... 1931, killing 46 people. .

16 Jul 2024: guest post is by a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/kate-falardeau" data-type="link" ... On the second day, people took turns pitching their initial ideas to the group as a whole – and then a mix-and-mingle /

16 Jul 2024: Royal Greenwich Observatory https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=10820 For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science ... align: justify;"For many people the work of the

16 Jul 2024: His presentation traced the innovative, complex, contradictory and problematic ways Hirschfeld used images to advance his arguments for medical, legal, political and social respect for homosexual and transgender people./p pOur ... These were regular

16 Jul 2024: We can imagine it held or pinned up for a group of people to read or, in this case, sing from. ... cam.ac.uk/?p=3590 Before the days of the internet, television and widespread daily newspapers, how did people find out about acts of wrongdoing, and before

Vincent’s volcano La Soufrière in May 1902. The event devastated much of the northern part of the island and killed approximately 1,600 people. ... The diverse population of the Caribbean, including the indigenous peoples of modern Honduras and Belize,

The third, from which photographs appear below, records the move of books and other paraphernalia from the old library to the new, focusing on the people involved (it is now ... Some of the people I recognised, if only by name. I had a lump in my throat

16 Jul 2024: His presentation traced the innovative, complex, contradictory and problematic ways Hirschfeld used images to advance his arguments for medical, legal, political and social respect for homosexual and transgender people./p pOur ... These were regular

16 Jul 2024: a large volume,’ fast asleep!/p pHowever, I’ll draw to a closewith the following conclusion: some things never change./p pPeople will always be people, with peculiar practices and weird

16 Jul 2024: Since paper was scarce, people often scribbed recipes down on the endleaves of books in their possession, as in the example at the head of this post (a ... By the eighteenth century there was a vast number of recipe books, which not only brought together

16 Jul 2024: One of the highlights of the collection is an album of photographs he created during this time, documenting the dress, dances and other customs of the people of the country’s

Chapman was appointed Official Photographer to the Government of British Columbia, and from 1912 until 1936, concentrated his photographic efforts on people, places and events associated with Victoria, Vancouver and the ... Other images feature British

16 Jul 2024: Westerplattes’ defence inspired the Polish Army and people even as German advances continued elsewhere. ... Operation Pied Piper began on 1supst/sup September 1939 and officially relocated more than 3.5 million people.

People will always be people, with peculiar practices and weird and wonderful questions.

16 Jul 2024: Along with the photographic project, Fisher was also documenting the different landscapes and people of the British empire through his paintings. ... COVIC. Along with the photographic project, Fisher was also documenting the different landscapes and

16 Jul 2024: guest post is by a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/kate-falardeau" data-type="link" ... On the second day, people took turns pitching their initial ideas to the group as a whole – and then a mix-and-mingle /

But I long for the physical. The collections of the UL were made by people, and are nothing without people.

16 Jul 2024: The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering

The watercolours are dated, and together with frequent annotations, provide vivid impressions of the people and places that Allen encountered upon a long and arduous trip between January and March 1900. ... These include another album of Allen’s

The production of Books of Hours responded to a growing demand from literate lay people, both men and women, for devotional material for personal use. ... The additional texts in MS Ii.6.2 are the subject of a chapter in Professor Eamon Duffy’s Marking

16 Jul 2024: Texts about animals especially show a concern for warding off unwanted bugs, worms, and rodents, all creatures that could potentially endanger people’s livelihood and health. ... f. 67v)./figcaption/figure pWhile these practices may seem a long way

He was interested in the African peoples he encountered during his work and travels. ... One of the highlights of the collection is an album of photographs he created during this time, documenting the dress, dances and other customs of the people of the

16 Jul 2024: 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./p pNo prior knowledge of manuscripts

They were kept in a thick binder bursting with black and white photos of long forgotten buildings and people. ... That file was full of other people just like him, their memories forever encapsulated in those old black and white photos, their stories

Bush school, Queensland, 1910, Y3085O_8. Recognising that people would be its greatest resource, authors encouraged emigration to Australia to accelerate economic, social and political development. ... The pamphlets include works about Australia’s

One of the earliest known manuscripts of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People (MS Kk.5.16). ... As a medievalist by training, I simply had to include the eighth-century manuscript of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People

16 Jul 2024: Royal Greenwich Observatory https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=10820 For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science ... align: justify;"For many people the work of the

Hearing the dialect novel or farce sketch performed aloud formed a significant part of people’s leisure time, while also drawing upon and heightening the warm sense of local feeling among ... The University Library’s collection of nineteenth-century

16 Jul 2024: Bush-school-Petries-Creek-north-coastline-Queensland2.jpg 584w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" //afigcaptionBush school, Queensland, 1910, Y3085O_8/figcaption/figure/div pRecognising that people would be its greatest ... The pamphlets include

16 Jul 2024: The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering

16 Jul 2024: by a horse, enabling people to cross from the city side of the river to Chesterton village.It was decreed that those rowing in theMays should use boats withsliding seats, whereas

On the second day, people took turns pitching their initial ideas to the group as a whole – and then a mix-and-mingle / speed-dating exercise saw four teams coalesce around ... Midwife, who was interested in places and people but not confident in using

16 Jul 2024: Bush-school-Petries-Creek-north-coastline-Queensland2.jpg 584w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" //afigcaptionBush school, Queensland, 1910, Y3085O_8/figcaption/figure/div pRecognising that people would be its greatest ... The pamphlets include

16 Jul 2024: When Mary met Rev Charles, her determination to have her own Bible in Welsh profoundly impacted on him, and he wanted to help other people who – like Mary – longed for bibles ... On Saturday 19 March over 1,000 people came between 10:00am and 4:00pm

16 Jul 2024: guest post is by a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/kate-falardeau" data-type="link" ... On the second day, people took turns pitching their initial ideas to the group as a whole – and then a mix-and-mingle /

16 Jul 2024: study of natural philosophy”‘br / Wednesday 27 February: ‘Nature for the people: George Combe’s “Constitution of man”‘/p pADMISSION FREE/p pa

16 Jul 2024: The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering

16 Jul 2024: Since paper was scarce, people often scribbed recipes down on the endleaves of books in their possession, as in the example at the head of this post (a ... By the eighteenth century there was a vast number of recipe books, which not only brought together

The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering