Bible, Geography, Bible, Description and travel, DS118 .E45 1868
by Charles W. Elliott. With articles from Theodore D. Woolsey, LL. D.; Right Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D.D. [and others] Illustrated with steel... Show moreby Charles W. Elliott. With articles from Theodore D. Woolsey, LL. D.; Right Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D.D. [and others] Illustrated with steel engravings. Main Heritage Shelves General DS118 .E45 1868 Book Item-ID: i10169726 BIB-ID: 1018608 Show less
Freya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the... Show moreFreya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert. In 1934, Stark sailed down the Red Sea to Aden intending to trace the frankincense route of the Hadhramaut, the hinterland of southern Arabia. She published her account of the region in three books, The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (1936), Seen In The Hadhramaut (1938) and A Winter in Arabia (1940). The shrine in the photograph could be located either in Tarim or Seiyun. Title and date devised by Library staff. Later print. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2020.0022 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2611852x BIB-ID: 2745833 Show less
Women, Women--Middle East--Pictorial works, Prayers (Islam), Prayers (Islam)--Pictorial works
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the front of the card "Villa Victoria. Cairo 17.12.99 These ladies come loaded with good... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the front of the card "Villa Victoria. Cairo 17.12.99 These ladies come loaded with good wishes from Christmas and the New Year. The gentlemen in the side are praying for our welfare! Yours H.G.". Written on the back of the card: [Addressed to: ] Miss Muagham. Molyneux Park, Tunbridge Well s. England." Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0089-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23703143 BIB-ID: 2524729 Show less
With a chapter for children. By Rev. Henry Harris Jessup. Edited by Rev. C.S. Robinson, D.D., & Rev. Isaac Riley. Main Heritage Compact General HQ177... Show moreWith a chapter for children. By Rev. Henry Harris Jessup. Edited by Rev. C.S. Robinson, D.D., & Rev. Isaac Riley. Main Heritage Compact General HQ1777 .J47 1873 Book Item-ID: i10228792 BIB-ID: 1024515 Show less
Women, Women--Portraits, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Eunuchs, Children, Household employees, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Collection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer... Show moreCollection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer Siegfried Langer, who did extensive research in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen and whose travel reports made valuable contributions to the study of inscriptions in Southern Arabia. The remaining photographs were taken in Mecca and Jeddah, between 1885 and 1887, by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied. Two of the photographs were taken in a courtyard-like space with foliage and pots visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 25 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23465104 BIB-ID: 2831628 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (W8731) in pencil on the verso of the print. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (W8731) in pencil on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0018-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693551 BIB-ID: 2523805 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,114) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,114) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0118 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693319 BIB-ID: 2523794 Show less
by H.V. Morton. Main Heritage Shelves General BS575 .M67 1945 Book Item-ID: i10244049 BIB-ID: 1026040 Show moreby H.V. Morton. Main Heritage Shelves General BS575 .M67 1945 Book Item-ID: i10244049 BIB-ID: 1026040 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. In original passepartout labelled "Autochrome Lumière" Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0028-0009 2-D... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. In original passepartout labelled "Autochrome Lumière" Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0028-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2612113x BIB-ID: 2796580 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. In original passepartout labelled "Autochrome Lumière" Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0028-0001 2-D... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. In original passepartout labelled "Autochrome Lumière" Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0028-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26121050 BIB-ID: 2796571 Show less