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Nicosia (district (national))

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

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14th century nativity fresco, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/17
Scope and Contents

167 x 164 mm. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: '14th century nativity fresco in the very well preserved church of 'Stavros tou Ayiasmatou' (Diosmati) - Cross of the Holy water - at the village of Platanistasa on the Troodos mountain range'.

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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55. Kykkou Monastry, Cyprus, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Cyprus/123
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Monochrome gravure postcards of Cyprus, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons. The postcards were originally stored in an accompanying envelope.

Dates: 1926
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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A café at Lefca [i.e. Lekfa], 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1208
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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A dwelling on the highlands of Kalopanagiotissa [i.e. Kalopanayiotis], 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/4
Scope and Contents 170 x 115 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing a priest and other Cypriots seated outside a small cottage, with a large clay oven in the background: 'This is the abode of a village priest of the Greek Church, whom we see seated in the foreground waiting for a cup of wine which is being poured for his use ... The walls of his dwelling are built of stone, the rafters are pine, and the roof resting upon these is a sort of platform constructed out of brushwood which has been wattled into thatch...
Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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A famous gun at Flagstaff Point, Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1161
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [No print]. Missing. Gun found 1 Nov. 1907 by a sponge fisher in Famagusta Bay. It is a bronze cannon 9 feet long, presented by King Henry VIII to Villiers de l Isle Adam in 1527 towards the recovery of Rhodes. One of a park of guns.

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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Archbishop Makarios unveiling a bust of Mahatma Gandhi, 1957 - 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/8
Scope and Contents

In Nicosia in the presence of India's President Giri.

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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Bairaktar Mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/108
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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Buyuk Khan, Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1201
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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Buyuk Khan, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1200
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Now mosque over a water tank surrounded by a cloistered yard or serai for putting up horses.

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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Channel Squadron Gate, Nicosia, 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018A/12
Scope and Contents

184 x 117 mm. Autotype. A view showing the gate and city walls, with Cypriots posed in front of the archway for the photographer.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.121.
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Coming from the well, Levka [i.e. Lefka], 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/7
Scope and Contents 185 x 112 mm. Autotype. A view showing a woman returning along a village street carrying an earthenware water jar: 'The surroundings of the water-carrier in this picture are peculiarly characteristic. Over a rude frame, supported on posts of pine-wood, an old vine spreads it leaves; on the right is an outhouse made of sun-dried bricks, while in the corner is a woman preparing a partition of wattlework for the new building which we see already half-completed in the distance. The old...
Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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Cyprus-Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/107
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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Cyprus Native Mounted police, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1197
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Riding through the Bazaar, Nicosia.

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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Dry Bed of River Pedias near Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1170
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). During one flood time water rose to top of the arches. Roof of Government Hospital in background.

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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Exterior of Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1165
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Blind Bartomaeus and two other beggars.

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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Friday bazaar, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/1
Scope and Contents

216 x 172 mm. Showing two women in the Friday lace market in Nicosia. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'At a special market in the heart of Nicosia women of both communities (Greeks and Turks) use to sell and buy every Friday. They deal mostly in clothing, laces, etc.'.

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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Government-House, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/106
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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Higher Technical Institute workshops, Nicosia - Cyprus, 1957 - 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/25
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of loose prints. All are 250 x 200 mm unless otherwise stated. There are brief typed captions on the backs of the prints, some of which have been elaborated or amended for this catalogue. Some of the prints are organised by subject: 12 - 19 concern the Turkish invasion and its aftermath; 20-26 are images of people and places; 27-28 concern antiquities.

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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Housing settlement for refugees near Nicosia., 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of loose prints. All are 250 x 200 mm unless otherwise stated. There are brief typed captions on the backs of the prints, some of which have been elaborated or amended for this catalogue. Some of the prints are organised by subject: 12 - 19 concern the Turkish invasion and its aftermath; 20-26 are images of people and places; 27-28 concern antiquities.

Dates: 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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In Lefca Village, Cyprus. A Turkish boy, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1206
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing. The largest orange gardens in Cyprus are near here: people all Turks.

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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In Lefca Village, Cyprus. A Turkish boy, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1207
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing. The largest orange gardens in Cyprus are near here: people all Turks.

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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In the Abbots garden at Kikko (The White Monastery) near Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1168
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. On the left, Abbot of Kikko (Hierasimos by name). On right the Archimandrite of Cyprus.

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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In the general bazaar, Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1196
Scope and Contents

Quarter-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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In the Monastery of Kikko near Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1169
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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Interior of Saint Sophia, Nicosia

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/3
Scope and Contents

206 x 164 mm. A view showing the marble pillars inside the mosque.

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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