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Zabbar (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Carved wooden elephant, Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/45
Scope and Contents

210 x 152 mm. A view showing the huge elephant carved from African blackwood which won first prize at the exhibition for Messrs. H.H.M. da Silva.

Dates: 1905-08
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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[Zabbar Parish Church], 1882 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3017G/7
Scope and Contents

215 x 290 mm. The village of Zabbar is south-east of the harbour area. The Parish Church of Our Lady of Grace was begun by Tomasso Dingli in 1641, but the west front and towers were not completed until 1738-42.

Dates: 1882 - 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).