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Nicosia (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

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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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A garden in Nicosia, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018G/3
Scope and Contents

152 x 107mm. Showing trees and shrubs growing on either side of a wide pathway.

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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Apse of Ayia Sophia Mosgue, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018G/7
Scope and Contents

107 x 151mm. Showing the marble columns in the apse of the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, converted to a mosque by the Turks in 1570. The building stands in the centre of the circular city of Nicosia.

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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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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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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Famagusta Gate, Nicosia Town, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018G/5
Scope and Contents

151 x 106mm. A view looking towards the eastern entrance gate to Nicosia, set into the massive stone wall surrounding the city. With a small squad of Turkish policemen at attention in front of the gate.

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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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 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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Interior View of the Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1167
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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Leper Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1164
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). 'The leper hospital is one and a half miles from Nicosia. All lepers of Cyprus are segregated here: distant village Eylanja built against the rocks: white church where St. Paul is said to have preached'.

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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Making silk into threads, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1171
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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Making thick felt of wool for saddle, Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1199
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [Fogged].

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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