Sketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British... Show moreSketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British writer and doctor James John Garth Wilkinson (1812 – 1899). The contents of the sketchbooks stretch over the period 1898–1916, with particular emphasis on January–March 1898 and November 1913–July 1914. Volume I largely tracks Attwood-Mathews’s Nile cruise in early 1898, when she travelled on the post steamer Amenartas from Cairo to Khartoum. She was interested in the ongoing Mahdist War and the British involvement in it: one watercolor portrays six British military officers from various regiments travelling on board the Amenartas, while another shows a boat towed behind the post steamer with troops on board. Similarly, in Volume II, Attwood-Mathews chose to paint a couple of landscapes as much for their role in the conflict as any aesthetic appeal. A vista of two hilltops viewed from the Nile is described as follows: “Where the battle of Toski was fought, under these hills”. Meanwhile, the view from her hotel balcony in Khartoum is accompanied by the following caption: “Sand dunes where our troops lay the night before the battle of Omdurrman [sic]”. Atwood-Mathews’ interest in the Mahdist War continued after the end of the conflict in 1899, as evident from the many newspaper clippings pasted into Volume I, the latest dated 1916. Most of these are concerned with the events of the war and the people involved in it and include general reports (“The Soudan Crisis”, “Sirdar’s speech to the troops”), political coverage such as Sir Reginald Wingate’s succession as Governor-General of Sudan, as well as several “Romance of the Sudan” stories concerning Joseph Ohrwalder, a Roman Catholic priest held captive by Mahdists for ten years. Two of the three photographs pasted into the sketchbook show Mahdist leaders captured by British-Egyptian forces; Attwood-Mathews identifies them as Emir Abu Zeid, Emir Mahmoud, Emir Yunis al-Dikaym, and Osman, Khalifa Abdallahi’s son. The third photograph depicts a ‘plane above an Egyptian crowd. Interspersed with the watercolors, clippings, and photographs are numerous signatures, cartes-de-visite, and occasional inscriptions of British military and administrative figures based in the Nile region, including Sir Archibald Hunter, British Army General and Governor of Omdurman; Colonel E. S. Stanton, the Governor of Khartoum; the Governor-General of Sudan Sir Reginald Wingate; G. E. Matthews, Governor of the Upper Nile Province; Colonel Colin Scott-Moncrieff; and James Henry Butler Pasha, soldier and Governor of the White Nile Province. Clearly, Attwood-Mathews had both interest in and access to many of the key British colonial figures established in Egypt and Sudan in the early 20th century. However, she was undoubtedly also intrigued by the history and culture of the region in general, as evident in the collection of signatures by Egyptologists, including Howard Carter, E. A. Wallis Budge, Ernest A. T. Wallis, and A. H. Sayce. While many watercolors in Volume I depict landscapes painted from the deck of the Amenartas, there are also views of the pyramids of Giza, streets in Cairo, Nag Hammadi, and Khartoum, the Sidi Arif Mosque in Sohag, windmills and feluccas spotted along the river, as well as several studies of the everyday life of local Egyptians and Sudanese. The watercolors in Volume II, predominantly dated between late 1913 and early 1914, show a similar range in subject matter. Sunrise and sunset panoramas of the landscape near Abu Girgeh, Nag Hammadi, Denderch, and Khartoum dominate. However, there are street views of Cairo, Aswan, and Khartoum, two studies of the ancient Egyptian temples of Wadi es-Sebua and Amada in their original location prior to the relocation in 1964 due to the Aswan Dam project, as well as two pleasant portraits of local boys in Khartoum. Also included in Volume II is a loosely inserted watercolor (253 × 177 mm), dated December 1905, depicting locals at the waterfront in Beni Hasan. Title and date devised by Library staff. Sketchbooks with a contemporary beige cloth, beige closure strap, brush holder to top edge of rear boards. All watercolours with pencilled captions on the adjacent leaves. Ticket of London-based artist’s equipment shop L. Cornelissen & Son to rear pastedowns. Volume I has 4 hieroglyphs and a central design of a scarab with spread wings hand-painted to front board; it is housed in a dark blue flat back cloth box. It consists of 38 full-page watercolours, numerous autographs, mounted cartes-de-visite, letters, newspaper clippings, 3 photographs; also with 5 loosely inserted items: 2 sketches, 1 letter, 1 envelope, and 1 autographed paper slip. Volume II has 16 full-page watercolours, 2 portraits, and 1 sketch. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2017.0003.02 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24384276 BIB-ID: 2555496 Show less
Frederick , 1194-1250, Falconry, Falconry--Early works to 1800, Birds, Birds--Early works to 1800, Falconry, Falconry, Falconry--Bibliography, SK321 .F87 1969, 799.232
Translators' introduction -- Manuscripts and editions of De arte venandi cum avibus -- The castles and hunting lodges of Emperor Frederick II / by... Show moreTranslators' introduction -- Manuscripts and editions of De arte venandi cum avibus -- The castles and hunting lodges of Emperor Frederick II / by Cresswell Shearer -- The art of falconry / by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen -- The mews, its furniture and accessories -- Diseases of and accidents to hawks, and their treatment -- Methods, ancient, medieval, and modern, for the capture of falcons and other birds of prey / by R. Luff Meredith -- Falconry in modern times / by Walter Schlüter -- Coins and medals depicting falcons and falconry, from the collection of Hugh D. Knight -- Notes on the St. Gorgon statue / by Gordon Washburn -- A short account of the Hohenstaufen and Norman ancestors of Frederick II and of his descendants -- Notes on the portraits of Emperor Frederick II and of his son Manfred -- Favorite birds of the chase probably well known to the emperor -- Annotated roster of birds that are mentioned, depicted by, and were probably familiar to Emperor Frederick II -- An annotated bibliography of ancient, medieval, and modern falconry. translated and edited by Casey A. Wood & F. Marjorie Fyfe. Reprint. Originally published in 1943. Includes index. Heritage Collection SK321 .F87 1969 Book Item-ID: i10190107 BIB-ID: 1020646 Show less
Moslem life and worship. Ill. with photos. selected by Beatrice Creighton and the author. Main Heritage Shelves General BP161 .F5 1950 Book Item-ID:... Show moreMoslem life and worship. Ill. with photos. selected by Beatrice Creighton and the author. Main Heritage Shelves General BP161 .F5 1950 Book Item-ID: i10052033 BIB-ID: 1006839 Show less
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian , 1868-1926, Mesopotamia, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Politics and government, Description and travel, G463 .B42 1927
selected and edited by Lady Bell. Includes index. Paginated continuously. Printed in Great Britain. Historical summaries ("a sketch of events for the... Show moreselected and edited by Lady Bell. Includes index. Paginated continuously. Printed in Great Britain. Historical summaries ("a sketch of events for the period during which [Gertrude Bell]... was associated with us in the... task of establishing national government in Iraq") by Sir Percy Cox and Sir Henry Dobbs: p. 504-560. Main Heritage Compact General G463 .B42 1927 Reference vol. 1 Item-ID: i10208999 BIB-ID: 1022535 Show less
تاليف احمد بن محمد بن عبد القادر الفاسى. Lithographed. Collated. Includes catch words. Text is in Maghribi script, and is partially pointed and... Show moreتاليف احمد بن محمد بن عبد القادر الفاسى. Lithographed. Collated. Includes catch words. Text is in Maghribi script, and is partially pointed and vocalized. Main Heritage Compact General BP166 .F376 1880 Book Item-ID: i15699808 BIB-ID: 2738881 Show less
by Mary G. Houston and Florence S. Hornblower, containing twenty-five full-page illustrations, sixteen of them in colour, and sixty line diagrams... Show moreby Mary G. Houston and Florence S. Hornblower, containing twenty-five full-page illustrations, sixteen of them in colour, and sixty line diagrams in the text. The 16 colored illustrations are mounted and numbered as plates. Includes bibliographical references. Show less
Sketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British... Show moreSketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British writer and doctor James John Garth Wilkinson (1812 – 1899). The contents of the sketchbooks stretch over the period 1898–1916, with particular emphasis on January–March 1898 and November 1913–July 1914. Volume I largely tracks Attwood-Mathews’s Nile cruise in early 1898, when she travelled on the post steamer Amenartas from Cairo to Khartoum. She was interested in the ongoing Mahdist War and the British involvement in it: one watercolor portrays six British military officers from various regiments travelling on board the Amenartas, while another shows a boat towed behind the post steamer with troops on board. Similarly, in Volume II, Attwood-Mathews chose to paint a couple of landscapes as much for their role in the conflict as any aesthetic appeal. A vista of two hilltops viewed from the Nile is described as follows: “Where the battle of Toski was fought, under these hills”. Meanwhile, the view from her hotel balcony in Khartoum is accompanied by the following caption: “Sand dunes where our troops lay the night before the battle of Omdurrman [sic]”. Atwood-Mathews’ interest in the Mahdist War continued after the end of the conflict in 1899, as evident from the many newspaper clippings pasted into Volume I, the latest dated 1916. Most of these are concerned with the events of the war and the people involved in it and include general reports (“The Soudan Crisis”, “Sirdar’s speech to the troops”), political coverage such as Sir Reginald Wingate’s succession as Governor-General of Sudan, as well as several “Romance of the Sudan” stories concerning Joseph Ohrwalder, a Roman Catholic priest held captive by Mahdists for ten years. Two of the three photographs pasted into the sketchbook show Mahdist leaders captured by British-Egyptian forces; Attwood-Mathews identifies them as Emir Abu Zeid, Emir Mahmoud, Emir Yunis al-Dikaym, and Osman, Khalifa Abdallahi’s son. The third photograph depicts a ‘plane above an Egyptian crowd. Interspersed with the watercolors, clippings, and photographs are numerous signatures, cartes-de-visite, and occasional inscriptions of British military and administrative figures based in the Nile region, including Sir Archibald Hunter, British Army General and Governor of Omdurman; Colonel E. S. Stanton, the Governor of Khartoum; the Governor-General of Sudan Sir Reginald Wingate; G. E. Matthews, Governor of the Upper Nile Province; Colonel Colin Scott-Moncrieff; and James Henry Butler Pasha, soldier and Governor of the White Nile Province. Clearly, Attwood-Mathews had both interest in and access to many of the key British colonial figures established in Egypt and Sudan in the early 20th century. However, she was undoubtedly also intrigued by the history and culture of the region in general, as evident in the collection of signatures by Egyptologists, including Howard Carter, E. A. Wallis Budge, Ernest A. T. Wallis, and A. H. Sayce. While many watercolors in Volume I depict landscapes painted from the deck of the Amenartas, there are also views of the pyramids of Giza, streets in Cairo, Nag Hammadi, and Khartoum, the Sidi Arif Mosque in Sohag, windmills and feluccas spotted along the river, as well as several studies of the everyday life of local Egyptians and Sudanese. The watercolors in Volume II, predominantly dated between late 1913 and early 1914, show a similar range in subject matter. Sunrise and sunset panoramas of the landscape near Abu Girgeh, Nag Hammadi, Denderch, and Khartoum dominate. However, there are street views of Cairo, Aswan, and Khartoum, two studies of the ancient Egyptian temples of Wadi es-Sebua and Amada in their original location prior to the relocation in 1964 due to the Aswan Dam project, as well as two pleasant portraits of local boys in Khartoum. Also included in Volume II is a loosely inserted watercolor (253 × 177 mm), dated December 1905, depicting locals at the waterfront in Beni Hasan. Title and date devised by Library staff. Sketchbooks with a contemporary beige cloth, beige closure strap, brush holder to top edge of rear boards. All watercolours with pencilled captions on the adjacent leaves. Ticket of London-based artist’s equipment shop L. Cornelissen & Son to rear pastedowns. Volume I has 4 hieroglyphs and a central design of a scarab with spread wings hand-painted to front board; it is housed in a dark blue flat back cloth box. It consists of 38 full-page watercolours, numerous autographs, mounted cartes-de-visite, letters, newspaper clippings, 3 photographs; also with 5 loosely inserted items: 2 sketches, 1 letter, 1 envelope, and 1 autographed paper slip. Volume II has 16 full-page watercolours, 2 portraits, and 1 sketch. Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.2017.0003.01 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24384240 BIB-ID: 2555496 Show less
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian , 1868-1926, Mesopotamia, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Politics and government, Description and travel, G463 .B42 1927
selected and edited by Lady Bell. Includes index. Paginated continuously. Printed in Great Britain. Historical summaries ("a sketch of events for the... Show moreselected and edited by Lady Bell. Includes index. Paginated continuously. Printed in Great Britain. Historical summaries ("a sketch of events for the period during which [Gertrude Bell]... was associated with us in the... task of establishing national government in Iraq") by Sir Percy Cox and Sir Henry Dobbs: p. 504-560. Show less
Arabs, Women in Palestine, Palestinian Arabs, Social life and customs, DS112 .F55 1934
Florence Mary Fitch. Main Heritage Shelves General DS112 .F55 1934 Book Item-ID: i10195841 BIB-ID: 1021220 Show moreFlorence Mary Fitch. Main Heritage Shelves General DS112 .F55 1934 Book Item-ID: i10195841 BIB-ID: 1021220 Show less
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian , 1868-1926, Mesopotamia, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Politics and government, Description and travel, G463 .B42 1927
selected and edited by Lady Bell. Includes index. Paginated continuously. Printed in Great Britain. Historical summaries ("a sketch of events for the... Show moreselected and edited by Lady Bell. Includes index. Paginated continuously. Printed in Great Britain. Historical summaries ("a sketch of events for the period during which [Gertrude Bell]... was associated with us in the... task of establishing national government in Iraq") by Sir Percy Cox and Sir Henry Dobbs: p. 504-560. Main Heritage Shelves General G463 .B42 1927 Book Vol.1 Item-ID: i11395333 BIB-ID: 1022535 Show less
