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Cyprus (island)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 572 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Photographs of Cyprus. c.1900

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018G
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints, measuring approximately 150 x 105 mm, with pencilled captions on the reverse. An accompanying letter to the Librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, J.R. Boosé, dated April 17 1900, gives some additional information about the photographs and promises further prints 'if these are of any use'.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Photographs of Cyprus, circa 1965

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose photographs, most measuring approximately 225 x 170 mm, with typed captions pasted to their reverse side.

Dates: 1965
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Photographs of the Cesnola Collection of Cyprus Antiquities, 1900

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F
Scope and Contents A collection of loose photographs, mounted on card, measuring approximately 210 x 160 mm. The prints are uncaptioned although notations regarding the style of pieces have been added in pencil. Some attempt has been made to assign the pieces photographed to a particular style, but it should be emphasised that these attributions are those of a layman and make no claim to exactitude. Plates 33-43, mainly photographs of vases, have not been identified, although probably easily recognisable to...
Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Photographs relating to Cyprus, 1870s (?-80s), 1870 - 1889

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018I
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints by Charles Glaszner, Alinari and others. The prints, which are of various size, are captioned either on the print or by Cobham. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

[Plates], 1881

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/33
Scope and Contents

257 x 198 mm. A view showing metal plates of various sizes.

Dates: 1881
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Plates and beakers], 1881

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/9
Scope and Contents

288 x 100 mm. A view showing rows of plates and beakers, metal and earthenware, some with painted decorations.

Dates: 1881
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Platres Hotel, Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/105
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Ploughing with oxen. Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/96
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Pottery, 1965

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/23
Scope and Contents

192 x 169 mm. Showing a potter at work with his wheel. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'This fine art is being practised in Cyprus from the very early days. Here, at the potter's wheel, a Cypriot makes an earthen-ware jar of the type so often used in Cypriot households for storing olives, cheese and other items'.

Dates: 1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

President Kyprianou welcoming the Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi, 1981-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/11
Scope and Contents

The photograph was taken during a short stop-over Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi made at Larnaca Airport.

Dates: 1981-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

President Makarios with Queen Elizabeth II, 1961-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/6
Scope and Contents

175 x 240 mm. President Makarios with Queen Elizabeth II during visit to Cyprus.

Dates: 1961-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Quartier Mavrocordato, Nicosie - Chypre, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/38
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Rampart and moat, Famagusta

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/13
Scope and Contents

205 x 154 mm. A view looking along the ramparts of the fort and Famagusta, with the sea beyond.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Reapers of Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/40
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Reapers of Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/14
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Remains of the Temple of Venus. Kouklia, Paphos. Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/17
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Rest place for market donkeys, Varosha, 1908

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1144
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Church of St. Nicholas in background. Note domestic architecture.

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Rev. Ferguson's camp on Mt. Troodos, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018G/1
Scope and Contents

152 x 107mm. Caption continues ‘He was for many years Chaplain to the troops’. A view looking towards a clearing among pine trees with pitched tents, and a clerical figure (presumably Rev. Ferguson) seated in the centre. Mt. Troodos, the ancient Mt. Olympus, is situated about 30 miles south-west of Nicosia and was the summer seat of the Cyprus Government.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Revue of the Cyprus Police, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/75
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Rock-cut Temple. Ruins of Lapethus [i.e. Lapithos], 1878

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018A/31
Scope and Contents

183 x 115 mm. Autotype. A view showing the ruins of a temple at Lapithos, an ancient city-kingdom of Cyprus.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.121.
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Rock cut tomb at Baleo Castra, 1908

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1224
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). A little beyond Paphos Lighthouse.

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Rock-cut tombs, Palaeo-Castro. Plain of Paphos, 1878

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/13
Scope and Contents

178 x 116 mm. Autotype. A view showing the entrance to rock tombs carved into a low rock-face on the plain of Paphos.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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[Rocky embankment with trees]., 1908

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1224A
Scope and Contents

Half-plate.

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Rodes [Roads ?] in Troodos, Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/26
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Royal Oak, Lania, Cyprus, 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/94
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).