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Book/Printed MaterialMacedonia. "Authorities": p. [99]-102.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 110 pages
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MapThe Macedonian Landscape.
Die Landschaft Macedonien Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766-1820) was an Austrian writer and poet, geographer, bookseller, and art dealer. His cartographic works included a world atlas, published in 1794-96, an atlas of Germany (1803), and his Allgemeiner Postatlas (General postal atlas), a work of 1799 with 40 maps showing postal routes, the first such atlas published anywhere in the world. Shown here is von Reilly's map…- Contributor: Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph Von
- Date: 1791-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialBulgarian Folk Songs. Bulgarian Folk Songs is the most important National Revival-era compilation of Bulgarian folk material. Gathered and edited by Dimitrii Miladinov (1810--62) and his brother Konstantin (1830--62), the work contains folk songs, riddles, games, and proverbs from both the western and eastern parts of Bulgaria. The Miladinovs were born in Struga (in present-day Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) in what was then the Ottoman Empire.…- Contributor: Miladinov, Dimitŭr Khristov - Miladinov, Konstantin Khristov
- Date: 1861-01-01
- Resource: - 564 pages
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MapSketch of Ohrid. This pencil drawing is a sketch made in 1923 for a tourist map of the city of Ohrid, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Ohrid was at that time part of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes; until 1912 it was under Ottoman rule. Situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the city is the site of one of the oldest human…- Contributor: Srbinović, Naum
- Date: 1923-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapGeographical Map of Modern Northern Greece.
Mappa Geographica Graeciae Septentrionalis Hodiernae sive Provinciarum Macedoniae, Thessaliae et Albaniae in qua ultima Provincia Habitationes sitae Gentis Montenegrianae in Comitatu Zentanensi expressae sunt, unacum finitimis Regionibus atque Insulis The long subtitle of this Latin map of northern Greece explains that it depicts "the provinces of Macedonia, Thessaly, and Albania, in the last one of which the dwellings of the Montenegrin people located in the county of Zenta are indicated, together with the neighboring regions and islands, drawn by very recent and new auxiliary troops according to the rule of correct projections in…- Contributor: Homann Erben (Firm)
- Date: 1770-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapThe Kingdom of Serbia, Otherwise Called Rascia.
Il Regno della Servia detta alterimenti Rascia The note in Italian in the cartouche in the lower left-hand corner of this map states that it was "described on the basis of the most exact maps and with the direction of the most recent news by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola, subject and geographer of the Most Serene Master the Duke of Modena and published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi in his printing…- Contributor: Cantelli Da Vignola, Giacomo
- Date: 1689-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialMenaion for June-August with Synaxarion. This parchment manuscript of the Menaion for June--August with synaxarion (a collection of brief biographies of the saints) can be dated to the second half of the 13th century. It is important as the earliest known manuscript to include the service of Saint Ioakim Osogovski (Joachim of Osogovo), hermit and founder of the monastery known as Sarandapor. His memory, celebrated on August 16, was…- Date: 1250-01-01
- Resource: - 226 pages
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MapTurkey in Europe: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy.
Turquie en Europe : Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller, based in Leiden, who specialized in reissuing maps acquired from earlier mapmakers. Van der Aa's major work was the elaborate Galerie Agréable du Monde (The pleasurable gallery of the world), a compendium of some 3,000 maps in 66 parts, bound in 27 volumes, and completed in 1729. Presented here is van der Aa's…- Contributor: Aa, Pieter Van Der
- Date: 1729-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapEuropean Turkey and Part of Asian Turkey, Divided into Large Provinces and Governorships.
Turquie d'Europe et partie de celle d'Asie divisée par grandes Provinces et Gouvernemts This mid-18th century French map shows the Balkan Peninsula, most of Anatolia (present-day Turkey), and the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Crete. The map bears the inscription "Sr. Janvier" ("Le Sieur Janvier"), a designation that refers to a cartographer active in Paris between 1746 and 1776 whose name was either Jean or Robert Janvier. The map offers a striking view of the European territories…- Contributor: Janvier, Jean, Flourished
- Date: 1750-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialApostle Lectionary. The Apostle Lectionary, written on parchment in the second half of the 13th century, is one of the important linguistic sources delimiting the early (Preslav) from the later (Athonite) redaction of this liturgical book. The lectionary contains the portions of scripture, the lessons, to be read at divine service on particular days of the church calendar. This manuscript is remarkable for the completeness of…- Date: 1250-01-01
- Resource: - 155 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialThe War. Documents from the Photographic Division of the Army, Fascicle III: The Allies at Salonica.
La guerre : Documents de la Section photographique de l'Armée, fascicule III In 1916, the Photographic Division of the Army in the French Ministry of War published collections of photographs documenting all aspects of French involvement in World War I. The collections were grouped by theme and published in 20 separate installments, or fascicles. These fascicles in turn were published in two larger volumes. Each fascicle opens with a brief introduction in French. The photographs are…- Contributor: Ardouin-Dumazet, Victor-Eugène - France. Ministry of War. Photographic Section of the Army
- Date: 1916-01-01
- Resource: - 30 pages
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MapEuropean Turkey as the Theater of War between the Turks and the Russians.
Turquie d'Europe pour Servir au théâtre de la guerre des Turcs et des Russes This map shows southeastern Europe during the Crimean War (1853-56) that pitted Russia against the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and its allies Britain, France, and Sardinia. The western European powers backed the Turks in order to block Russia's expansion into the Black Sea region, which they believed threatened their positions in the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Many of the war's major battles were fought…- Contributor: Dufour, A.H. (Auguste Henri)
- Date: 1855-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialHistory of the Eastern question In preparation for the peace conference that was expected to follow World War I, in the spring of 1917 the British Foreign Office established a special section responsible for preparing background information for use by British delegates to the conference. History of the Eastern Question is Number 15 in a series of more than 160 studies produced by the section, most of which were…- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920
- Resource: - 176 pages
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MapGeneral Map of European Turkey, Greece and the Ionian Islands.
Carte générale de la Turquie d'Europe, de la Grèce et des Iles Ioniennes Adrien-Hubert Brué (1786-1832) was a French geographer and cartographer who as a young man accompanied the explorer Nicolas Baudin on his 1800-1803 voyage to New Holland (Australia). Brué returned to France to become an important geographer, associated with the Institut Geographique de Paris and geographer to the king. His Grand atlas universel (Large universal atlas) was first published in 1816 and issued in revised…- Contributor: Brué, Adrien Hubert
- Date: 1816-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Spirit of the East.
The spirit of the East David Urquhart (1805--77) was a British author and diplomat who served under Foreign Secretary Viscount Palmerston. The leading Turcophile writer of his generation, Urquhart was closely associated with championing the Turkish cause in British politics, often at the expense of Russia, a position that eventually brought him in direct conflict with Palmerston and ended his diplomatic career. Beginning in 1827, Urquhart spent about a…- Contributor: Urquhart, David
- Date: 1839-01-01
- Resource: - 241 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialGospel of Saint Luke. This manuscript of the Gospel of Saint Luke can be dated to the 18th century. The text is written clearly and enclosed in a double-lined frame in red. The folios are numbered with Coptic numerals. The manuscript has many marginal notes and Old Testament references in Arabic, with Coptic numerals employed for chapter and verse citations. The marginalia may have been added by Wadi'…- Date: 1700-01-01
- Resource: - 98 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialConvention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism.
Convention pour la prévention et de la répression du terrorisme/ Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism The document presented here is the archival copy of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism, which was adopted by 24 member states of the League of Nations on November 16, 1937. The concluding pages of the document contain the signatures of the representatives of the states. In a few cases, reservations, either typed or handwritten, accompany the signatures. The French government…- Contributor: League of Nations
- Date: 1937-01-01
- Resource: - 30 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Four Gospels. Codex Aureus Anthimi, or Codex of Berat number 2 (Gregory-Aland no. 1143), is a Byzantine manuscript from the ninth century containing the four gospels. It is written on purple parchment (the color has now been deteriorated into yellowish-green) in Greek minuscule letters, in golden ink, in one column, with 17 lines to the page. The manuscript has four gold miniatures of the four Evangelists,…- Date: 0867-01-01
- Resource: - 846 pages
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MapThe Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf.
Il Bacino orientale del mediterraneo il mar rosso ed il golfo persico This undated Italian map of the Middle East was published by the firm G.B. Paravia of Turin, Italy. It is a political map marking the boundaries of states and empires at the date of printing, probably at the very end of the 19th century. A clue to dating is the designation of Somalia Italiana (Italian Somalia). A series of Italian protectorates was established in…- Contributor: Paravia (Firm) - Salussolia
- Date: 1890-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapLands of the Emperor of the Turks or the Ottoman Sultan in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Estats de l'empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it was conceived in Europe in the last quarter of the 17th century. It is a reprint, dated 1679, of an earlier edition possibly included in a series of world atlases published by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) in the middle of the century. The map shows geological features, such as rivers, deserts, and mountain ranges. Cities and towns…- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1679-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapTurkish Empire.
Tvrcicvm imperivm This detailed map of the Turkish Empire at the height of its powers was produced in Amsterdam by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) in about 1635, when the Ottoman territories included the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and parts of Hungary, Ukraine, North Africa and Arabia. The map centers on the eastern Mediterranean (marked Mare Syriacum, or Syrian Sea) and northern Arabia, and it extends from…- Contributor: Blaeu, Joan - Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
- Date: 1635-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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MapMap of the Turkish Empire.
Turcici Imperii Imago This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it appeared in the early 17th century. It details Ottoman territories in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and includes Persia, Transcaucasia, Ethiopia, and other surrounding lands. Topographic features, place-names, and populations are definitively marked, although the nomenclature of the time differs markedly from that used today. The Red Sea is termed the Sea of Mecca, for example, and…- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1600-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialBulgaria "Authorities" : p. [133]-134.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 30 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialSerbia. "Appendix I (p. [116]-120): Concordato stipulato fra la S. Sede ed il Governo di Serbia, June 24, 1914." "Authorities": p. [126]-128.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 33 pages
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MapKingdoms of the successors of Alexander : after the Battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301. Shows borders between Kingdoms of Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus and Ptolmy. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing.- Contributor: Weller, Edward
- Date: 1800-01-01