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[Collection of Travel Maps]

Description: Nine maps depicting the travels of the author to accompany his journals. The first map shows routes through parts of the Middle East and Asia with references to the Orenburgh Expedition. The second map shows routes in Northern Europe and parts of Russia, including towns in Prussia, Germany, and the Netherlands. The third map shows various portions of the Volga River in four separate, overlapping insets with nearby towns noted. The fourth map shows an area around the Eastern Ocean including … more
Date: 1762
Creator: Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.
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[Dutch etching "Laden Asses"]

Description: Etching by Dutch printmaker Theodorus van Kessell as part of his series in collaboration with designer Jan van den Hecke the Elder "Alcune Animali" in 1654. The print, "Laden Asses", shows two saddled donkeys resting in an open field with a small village/ farm in the distance.
Date: 1654
Creator: Van Den Hecke The Elder, Jan & Van Kessell, Theodorus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Location: 51.221340 4.405149

[Leaf from Miniature Prayer Book, 15th Century, Netherlands]

Description: Leaf from a miniature prayer book in Old Dutch (The Netherlands, 15th-century). Text appears in a single column, late gothic script. The present leaf contains prayers for the "Heilige Jonc frauwen" Saint Gertrude and Saint Margaret. Note the scribe misspelled the girl's name as "Gertgtruyt" to which he/she/they made an unobtrusive correction. This item is unique in its collection, of the 37 leaves from this acquisition made in 2018, this is the only one on paper.
Date: [1401..1500]
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[Liturgical Calendar Leaf from a Book of Hours 14th Century, France or the Netherlands?]

Description: A leaf displaying the month of November from a liturgical calendar within a Latin Book of Hours. The text indicates so-called "Red Letter" days. This particular Book of Hours was designated use of Sarum (i.e. Salisbury Cathedral) and was bound in France or The Netherlands in the 14th-century most likely for the English Market. Of particular interest is the appearance of "Euduardi Regis" referencing King Edward the III of England [1312-1377].
Date: [1301..1400]
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[Manuscript Leaf 15th Century, Northern Netherlands]

Description: 15th-century Book of Hours originating from the Nothern Netherlands [Utrecht], ca. 1430s. Dutch text from the Long Hours of the Cross displayed in single column, 19 lines, gothic book hand. Rubrics in red, capitals struck with red, eight one-line initials in red or blue, verso with one three-line initial in burnished gold embellished with red penwork and extensions' full border composed of a vertical bar border of burnished gold and blue with white tracery, the bars with hairline stems emanatin… more
Date: [1430..1439]
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[News Clip: Prince arrives]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands visiting Fort Worth to observe military airplane production and tour aviation facilities in the region.
Date: March 17, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: APB 314]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Pan American world airways which has just started a new service for passengers.
Date: 1973-08-23T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Arab oil]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a formal meeting of Arab oil ministers which is scheduled in Cairo was postponed.
Date: March 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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