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Cyprus (island)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 574 Collections and/or Records:

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The Tekkye, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1125
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. From roof of entrance gateway, near Larnaca

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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The Temple of Apollo, 1957 - 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/28
Scope and Contents

A religious and political centre dating to the 7th century B.C. at the end of the Roman era. Among the ruins in the area are various building remains, baths and palestra. The sanctuary of Apollo was destroyed by earthquake in the late 4th century A.D.

Dates: 1957 - 1974
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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The Tikkye of Hala Sultan, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1122
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Behind is seen Stavra Vouni, Santa Croce Mountain. The lake in front is salt, and when dry, as it becomes every summer, the salt residue is dug and piled in heaps. The aunt of Mohammed is buried here: she came here to make war: some say she was wounded by the enemy, some say that her horse got shy and fell and that she was killed in that way.

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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The Tikkye of Hala Sultan, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1123
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Behind is seen Stavra Vouni, Santa Croce Mountain. The lake in front is salt, and when dry, as it becomes every summer, the salt residue is dug and piled in heaps. The aunt of Mohammed is buried here: she came here to make war: some say she was wounded by the enemy, some say that her horse got shy and fell and that she was killed in that way.

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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The Turkish Delegation at the Cyprus Conference, 1959-02-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/165
Scope and Contents

151 x 202 mm. The Turkish Ambassador, Mr. Nuri Birgi sits at the centre with the Foreign Minister, Mr. Fatin Zorlu next to him at right.

Dates: 1959-02-17
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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The village of Kakopetria, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1214
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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The Village Priest, Avgoru [? Avgorou], 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/26
Scope and Contents 89 x 113 mm. Woodburytype. A fine half-length portrait of the bearded village priest of Avgoru: 'Touching the resources of a papa, or village priest, I was informed by a simple villager that the priest of his parish was a man of wealth, his income would not fall far short of ten shillings a week. Even during our brief stay in the place, we saw quite enough to satisfy us that the pastor represented in this illustration was held in high veneration among his flock, and, so far as we...
Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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Threshing floor, Cyprus: as in the days of David, so today, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1126
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing. 1 Chron XXI The threshing floor of Ornan the Jubusite. The sleigh on which the man sits is studded underneath with flint stones, as shown later in picture of Pauls pillars at Paphos.

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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Through Cyprus with the camera, in the autumn of 1878. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1879., 1878

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.18.121-122
Scope and Contents

The two published volumes contain autotype and Woodbury type reproductions of Thomson's originals with descriptions on the facing pages. These descriptions have been utilised for describing the photographs.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: The original typescript catalogue uses a different system to number the photographs from that used in the actual volumes. For the purposes of this catalogue the numbering in the actual volumes has been used. KS.
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Through Cyprus with the camera, in the autumn of 1878. Volume 1, 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The two published volumes contain autotype and Woodbury type reproductions of Thomson's originals with descriptions on the facing pages. These descriptions have been utilised for describing the photographs.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.121.
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Through Cyprus with the camera, in the autumn of 1878. Volume 2, 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The two published volumes contain autotype and Woodbury type reproductions of Thomson's originals with descriptions on the facing pages. These descriptions have been utilised for describing the photographs.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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['Tombs of the Kings' at Kato Paphos], 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/9
Scope and Contents

171 x 226 mm. A view looking out from the tombs towards the supporting Doric columns of the chambers. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'Cut in the Rock the roof usually supported by doric columns are the imposing 'Tombs of the Kings' at Kato Paphos. They in their magnitude as to construction and beauty form an ever-lasting stamp in the Hellenistic tradition in architecture, recollecting the famous rock tombs of Lindos in Rhodes',

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).
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[?Tombstone, with carvings in relief], 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/57
Scope and Contents

285 x 150 mm. A tombstone with scenes from the life of Christ carved on it in relief.

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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Tour colossi pres de Limassal (Cyprus), 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/15
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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Tower of the Abbey of Bella Paise [i.e. Bellapais], 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1185
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). The lower portion is much older than the upper.

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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Tower of the Hospitallers, Colossi

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/25
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. A view showing the great square tower of the castle of the Hospitallers at Colossi.

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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Traditional men's dance by a group in national costume, 1957 - 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/24
Scope and Contents

240 x 175 mm. Archbishop Makarios can be seen seated in the front row to the right of the dancers.

Dates: 1957 - 1974
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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Trahoni Station, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1160
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). A Greek refreshment man Constandis Kaemanus selling Turkish Delight (lakoumi) and Cyprus bread. Two Turkish women in yashmaks.

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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Trahoni Village, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1159
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). In the distance among the trees behind is Cythera, and the mountain is called Pentedactylon.

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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Transcript of interview: Sir David Reddaway, 2022

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 213
Scope and Contents David Reddaway was born 26 April 1953, the son of George Frank Norman Reddaway, CBE and Jean Reddaway, OBE (née Brett). He was educated at Oundle School (Scholar.) and Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge (Exhibitioner; MA History). In 1981 he married (1st), Roshan Taliyeh Firouz (marriage dissolved 2019), having two sons and one daughter; and (2nd), 2020, Gabrielle O’Driscoll.Reddaway joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975 and his diplomatic career...
Dates: 2022
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Troados [i.e. Troödos] from the South, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1220
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). 16 miles from Limassol. Note terrain to the left of the picture for vineyards. In foreground is the village of Monagri and just behind it Doros. (good view to compare with terracings occurring in English down counties as possible remains of Roman vineyards.

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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Troodos, Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/109
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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Turcs [i.e. Turks] smoking their Argile, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/41
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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Turkish Delegates at Cyprus Conference, 1964-01-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/178
Scope and Contents

197 x 153 mm. Mr. F. Erkin, Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Minister (left), and Mr. Zeki Kuneralp, Turkish Ambassador in London, seated at the conference table during the opening session of the Cyprus Conference in Marlborough House, London, on January 15.

Dates: 1964-01-15
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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Turkish Delegation at Cyprus Conference in London, 1964-01-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/177
Scope and Contents

187 x 152 mm. Mr. F. Erkin, Turkey’s Minister for Foreign Affairs (right), and Mr. Bayulken of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seated at the conference table during the opening session of the Cyprus Conference in Marlborough House, London, on January 15.

Dates: 1964-01-15
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).