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Paleontological drawings of Professor Euan N. K. Clarkson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1637
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the original paleontological drawings of Professor Euan N. K. Clarkson (some in colour, some in black and white), used as teaching aids as well as for publication in academic journals and monographs in the field of palaeontology.

Dates: c 1963-2002
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Palm Leaf Collection: Tamil Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-1717
Scope and Contents Collection of five palm leaf manuscripts from the 18th and 19th centuries. Tivākarum (fragment) by Tivākarar. Cūṭāmaṇi nikaṇṭu (fragment) by Maṇṭalapuruṭan. Mūturai (complete) by Auvaiyār. Fragment of a commentary on some work. ...
Dates: 18th-19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Palm-leaf manuscript collection of Nigel Seeley

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1970
Content Description

Palm-leaf manuscript collection of Nigel Seeley, consisting of 13 palm leaf manuscripts from Sri Lanka. There exists little information on their nature and their content, but they are probably Buddhist works in the Pali language (the language of the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism) dating from the mid 18th to late 19th century CE, and were collected by Nigel Seeley in the mid-late 20th century. Most of them have interesting and varied decorative wooden covers.

Dates: mid 18th-late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill

 Fonds — Folder: Coll-1092 (E2006.22)
Identifier: Coll-1092
Scope and Contents This is an incomplete aqua-tinted version of the earliest panorama view - and a modest panorama. The panorama is composed of only four of the full collection of a six part set. The panorama shows (when the parts are laid adjacent to each other, and from right to left): - Calton Hill, and the Observatory there, looking east towards Berwick Law and the Forth estuary - Towards...
Dates: 1789-1790
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Panorama of Jerusalem taken from the roof of the Governor's Palace, by Selina Bracebridge

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2108
Scope and Contents

This is a large panoramic view of Jerusalem originally taken from the roof of the Governor's Palace by Selina Bracebridge on the 16th December 1834. The present item is a lithographed reproduction of the full panorama drawing, in the form of a long strip. [Graf & Soret], [1834].

Dates: [1834]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Panorama of London from the roof of the Albion Flour Mills

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2092
Content Description

This is a small panorama in six panels showing a 360 degree view of London, centred on St. Paul's, seen from across the Thames. Aquatint engraving by Frederick Birnie, based on drawings by Henry Aston Barker, which were used to create the full-size panorama shown in Robert Barker's public panorama in 1792.

Dates: 1792
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Panorama of Sydney entitled "Panorama du Port Jackson et de la ville de Sidney, pris d'une colline pres de la riviere de Parramatta"

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2096
Content Description

Rare single sheet French edition of this highly important panoramic aquatint view of Sydney, based upon Major James Taylor's three-sheet panorama published in London, in 1823. A panorama based on his drawings was exhibited at Barker's Panorama, London in 1824.

Dates: Publication: ca 1824
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Panoramic scene of the field of Battle, near Waterloo ... for the Panorama, Leicester Square

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1101
Scope and Contents There are 8 parts to the panorama and it was intended that they be joined together to form a complete circle. The viewer would then stand in the centre and have a panoramic view of the entire scene of Battle. Each part is around 60cm x 29cm. Drawn on the Plateau of Mont St. Jean, they show: - No.1 -The farm at La Haye Saint, and more - No.2 - Around the orchard of...
Dates: 1816
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers and artwork of Yolanda Sonnabend relating to her collaboration with C.H. Waddington

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1461
Scope and Contents Contains: Coll-1461/1: original artworks created by Yolanda Sonnabend for C.H. Waddington's book 'Tools for Thought' Coll-1461/2: collections of articles and research materials relating to Waddington's work, including manuscripts for his books 'Beyond Appearance', 'The Man-Made Future' and 'Tools for Thought' Coll-1461/3: letters to Yolanda Sonnabend, chiefly from C.H....
Dates: c.1960-2005
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers and Correspondence of Arthur Berriedale Keith

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-34
Scope and Contents The Papers and Correspondence of Arthur Berriedale Keith contain Colonial Office correspondence between 1901 and 1914; correspondence about constitutional matters from 1908 to 1939; correspondence, literary and general, with political figures such as R. Stafford Cripps and Herbert Samuel; material relating to the Government of India Bill, 1931-35, and to the Peace Treaty, 1919; news cuttings on Crown matters involving the abdication and coronation, 1936-37; material on Malta between 1924 and...
Dates: 1899-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
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Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
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MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
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