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Cyprus (island)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 585 Collections and/or Records:

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Paphos, inscribed stele

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/23
Scope and Contents

204 x 154 mm. A view showing a stone monument carved with Greek characters at Paphos.

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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Part of ancient aqueduct [i.e. aquaduct] about one mile from Salamis, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1155
Scope and Contents Quarter-plate (landscape format). This was about 35 miles long, bringing water to Salamis from Cythera in the nothern range of hills. Note Church of St. Barnabas in distance, near which is said to have been found the body of St. Barnabas, buried clasping the M.S.S. of one of the gospels. This relic, being taken to Constantinople at the time by the archbishop, obtained the independence of the Church and various privileges from the Emperor Zeno. Good specimen of double-domed Byzantine...
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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Part of Hilarion, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1177
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Seen from Kyrenia.

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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Part of ruins (white marble) of Temple of Jupiter, Salamis, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1150
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Showing a white owl (the Athene owl) perched on one of the column bases.

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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Part of ruins (white marble) of Temple of Jupiter, Salamis, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1151
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Showing a white owl (the Athene owl) perched on one of the column bases.

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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Part of the ruin of Bellapaise Abbey, Kyrania, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018G/4
Scope and Contents

107 x 152mm. Showing roofless arches and walls in the ruined 14th-century monastery which lies north of the Kyrenia Range of mountains.

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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Pauls Pillars, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1222
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Chrysopotitisa Church near Paphos. In the foreground I have placed a nougani, one of the sleighs for the threshing floor, so that you may see the way in which the chipped flints are set on the underside to cut and tear the straw.

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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Perapedi [Peripedhi?]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/5
Scope and Contents

207 x 163 mm. A view looking over a mountainous landscape with the village of Perapedi (probably Peripedhi) in the distance. In the foreground stands a house and an encampment of tents (probably military). Perapedi lies south of Mount Troödos.

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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Peristerona Church of St. Barnabas and St. Hilarion, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/8
Scope and Contents

226 x 172 mm. A view looking across a stream towards the Church of St. Barnabas and St. Hilarion. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'Peristerona Church of St. Barnabas and St. Hilarion, one of the most picturesque Byzantine (AD 956) buildings in Cyprus. The minaret next to it reveals the peaceful co-existence of the Greeks and Turks in Cyprus.'

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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Phoenician bowl, lions and griffins

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/29
Scope and Contents

164 x 203 mm. A photograph line reproduction of a bowl decorated with animal scenes.

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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Phoenician bowl, Siege from Amathus

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/28
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. A photographic line reproduction of a bowl decorated with scenes from the siege of Amathus, seven miles east of Limassol.

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).
 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).
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Photographs of the Cesnola Collection of Cyprus Antiquities, 1900

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

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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).
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[Plates], 1881

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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

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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).
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Platres Hotel, Cyprus, 1900

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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).
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Ploughing with oxen. Cyprus, 1900

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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).
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Pottery, 1965

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

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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).
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President Makarios with Queen Elizabeth II, 1961-01

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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).
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Quartier Mavrocordato, Nicosie - Chypre, 1900

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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).
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Rampart and moat, Famagusta

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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).
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Reapers of Cyprus, 1900

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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).