Russian Orthodox Troper, circa 1700-1799
Russian Troper with musical notation in Old Russian neumes, for the sung portion of the Mass. Contains a selection of Troparia, Theotokia, and Evangelical Stichera for the Nativity of the Virgin, the Baptism of Christ, the Exaltation of the Cross, and other celebrations.
Russian Orthodox Troper, circa 1700-1799
Russian troper with musical notation in Old Russian neumes. Contains a selection of Troparia, Theotokia, and Dogmatika for the Annunciation, Nativity, Exaltation of the Cross, Resurrection, St. Alexander Nevsky (1221-63), and other celebrations.
Russian Orthodox Quadriptych, circa 1700-1899
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Portable folding cast-brass altar in four panels, with ogee-arch crests; highlighted in blue and white enamel. Quadriptychs of this type were manufactured for Old Believer use, 18th-19th centuries. Inscriptions on rectos and outer-panels in Church Slavic. When the quadriptych is fully unfolded, the panels show the following iconographical program, with Old Church Slavic inscriptions:
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Collection of 18th-Century Notes on Classical Epigraphy and Numismatics, circa 1740-1800
Consists of an anonymous German-speaking scholar's manuscript drafts, research notes, extracts from 17th- and 18th-century printed books (identified by author and title), transcriptions of Roman inscriptions, documents, and other materials pertaining to ancient inscriptions and coins.
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Benjamin Kennicott Collection, circa 1762
Benjamin Kennicott was a biblical scholar who specialized in the collation, translation, and publication of Hebrew texts. He held positions as Vicar of Culham (1753-1783) and Radcliffe librarian at Oxford (1767-1783). Collection consists of selected manuscripts by or related to Kennicott.
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Matthew L. Davis Memoirs of Aaron Burr Research Files, circa 1830
Consists of material Matthew L. Davis (1773-1850) kept while researching his Memoirs of Aaron Burr (New York: Harpers & Bros., 1837).
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Vassilaki Kargopoulo Photographs Collection, circa 1850-1886
Collection of photographs by Vassilaki Kargopoulo. Images depict a wide range of sites and subjects in and around Istanbul, including the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, Adrianople, as well as the greater area of Bosporus. There are also images of traditional professions and costumes. On the reverse of several photographs, there are attached etchings of historical buildings in Istanbul, Turkey.
Constantinople and Bosporus, circa 1884
Consists of (19) album pages with twenty-six photographs mounted on verso and recto, containing one to eight per side. Images depict various views of the city of Constantinople and the wider area, including the Tunnel station at Pera, Bosporus, the Goldern Chorn, Galata and Therapia, the Süleymaniye Mosque, a panoramic view of the mosque Ortakeuy, a Turkish neighborhood, the cemetery of Eyoub, the port of Istanbul, Pointe Du Serail, the Dolmabahçe Palace, the Galata Tower, the tower of the Yedikule Fortress (Castle of Seven Towers), and street scenes. Also included are twenty-six photographs of portraits showing professions and traditional costumes such as Zeibekides, fishermen, military men, flower sellers, etc. They are captioned in French, numbered and signed in negative. Signed: B. Kargopoulo, phot. Dimensions 6 x 9 cm to 27.3 x 21 cm.
Adrianople, undated
Consists of three photographs (27 x 21 cm) mounted on both sides of card board of loose album pages. Images depict the mosque of Sultan Selim, a panoramic view of Adrianople and Mikhal Keupru. Included also are two etchings attached on the verso of two of the album pages: Villa Neriman, where preliminaries talks for the Peace treaty of San Stefano (today Yesilkoy) took place Istanbul, Turkey, the Russian-Turkish war were discussed)(18.5 x 12 cm); and Le Pont de Plerre sur la Toungia in Adrianople (23.5 x 12 cm).
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Vue générale a Athénes, circa 1854
One photographic albumen print (23.5 x 30.4 cm.) showing a general view of the Acropolis (Athens, Greece), mounted on board; signed in ink at the lower right of the print; captions in French on cardboard.
The Erechtheum, circa 1854
One photographic albumen print (25.1 x 29.9 cm.) of the Erechtheum from the west (Acropolis, Athens), mounted on card board; signed in ink at the lower right on the print; captions in ink in French on the carboard: "The Erechtheum."
Le Parthénon, circa 1854
One photographic albumen print (22.9 x 30.0 cm.) of the Parthenon from the northwest (Acropolis, Athens), mounted on card board; title in ink, in French, on the card board.
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Christopher Cardozo Collection of Photographs of Native Americans, circa 1862-1910
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Some of the original photograph captions contain racial slurs.
Christopher Cardozo Collection of Photographs of Native Americans, circa 1862-1910
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Consists of a selected group of over sixty photographs of Native American people collected by Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021), an American art collector, dealer, publisher, and photographer. Mostly taken by white photographers in the mid to late 19th century and around the turn of the 20th century, these photographs depict people from the following Indigenous communities (and likely others that are unidentified): Sioux, Dakota, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Winnebago, Duwamish, Paiute, Ute, Yuma, Mojave, Arapaho, Apache, Gila, Maricopa, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Flathead (Salish), and Comanche.
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Rhodes, Greece, circa 1870
Consists of (4) photographs (albumen prints, 26 x 21 cm.) issued by Rubellin with photographer's stamp "Rubellin - Smyrne - Photographie Parisienne" on the reverse. Images depict parts of the fortification of the city; two round towers of the fortress with a muleteers gathering on the left lower corner; the Gate d'Amboise; and the Avenue of the Knights. There is an image titled "Ancienne salle d'armes des chevaliers," which according to the dealer's note the original photo was probably taken by Alexander Svoboda ca 1865 and then issued by Rubellin in Smyrna. All photographs bear handwritten titles in French on the reverse.
Princeton University Library Collection of Rubellin et Fils Photographs, circa 1880
Consists of an open collection of photographs of Ottoman scenes by Rubellin et fils, a French photography studio based in Izmir, Turkey..
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L. Fiorillo Photographs Collection, circa 1870-1875
Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Italian photographer L. Fiorillo.
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Princeton University Library Collection of C. & G. Zangaki Photographs, circa 1870-1875
Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Greek photographers C. & G. Zangaki.
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Princetoniana Collection, circa 1870-2009
Each volume or set of volumes in the Princetoniania Collection is represented in the Princeton University Library Main Catalog, which is searchable by title, author, or call number.
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Alexandre Dumas Proofs, circa 1874
Consists of hand-corrected proofs of Alexandre Dumas père's 1854 play, La Jeunesse de Louis XIV, as revised by Alexandre Dumas fils, circa 1874. Written by Dumas père while he was in exile in Belgium, the play was rejected by censors in Paris. Although it was published in the Michel Lévy's edition of Dumas père's Théâtre Complet, the play had only been performed in Brussels, Belgium. This version by Dumas fils contains rewrites, additions, and cuts throughout, and was performed in Paris in 1874.
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Holy Monasteries of Meteora and Kalabaka, circa 1880
Consists of three mounted photographs of monasteries of the Holy Meteora and one photograph of Kalabaka. Images show: the Monastery of the Holy Trinity (28 x 21.5 cm), photographer's signature and title on the print, in white ink. Handwritten captions on card board in French, in black ink, "Thessalie. Les Météores. Couvent la Sainte Trinité"; the Monastery of Saint Stephanos (28 x 22.7 cm), part of the title "Hagiou Stephanou" in Greek on the print; and the Monastery of Varlaam (28 x 21.3 cm), part of the title "Meteora V[arlaam] on the print in white ink. Handwritten caption on card board in black ink reads "Thessallie. Les Meteores."
Holy Monastery of Anapausa, circa 1880
Consists of (1) albumen photographic print (23 x 29 cm)of the monasteries of Varlaam and Anapausa at the Holy Meteora. Captions at the lower left corner of the image in Greek reads "Arseniou 1" and on the reverse, "Monastero St. Arseniu / secondo Varlaam."
Princeton University Library Collection of Stephanos Stournaras Photographs, circa 1880
Consists of an open collection of Stephanos Stournaras photographs of Greece.
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The Acropolis (Athens, Greece), circa 1880
Consists of (1) photograph (albumen print) depicting the Acropolis (Athens, Greece), mounted on photographer's passe-partout, printed number (N3657) and title on the board; photographer's stamp in red on the reverse. Overall dimension 16.5 x 11 cm.
Princeton University Library Collection of Alois Beer Photographs, circa 1890
Consists of an open collection for general photographs of sites and subjects in Greece.
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Istanbul Photographs Collection, circa 1880
Consists of an open collection of photographs of Istanbul [Constantinople] and surroundings, most of which are by the Istanbul photography firm of Abdullah Frères.
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Mirhan Iranyan Photographs Collection, circa 1880
This is an open collection of photographs by Mirhan Iranyan. Currently, there are 73 photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul], Turkey.
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Princeton University Library Collection of William Henry Jackson Photographs, circa 1880-1890s
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This collection consists of five cabinet card Albumen photographs and one photograph album. The cabinet cards depict depict Pikes Peak in Colorado and the surrounding environs. The photograph album consists of 115 images of Colorado primarily, with some images of New Mexico, that depict various scenes of frontier towns, railroads, and natural landscapes. Most, if not all, of the photographs can be attributed to the American photographer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), known for his iconic Indian portraits and landscape photographs of the American West.
William Henry Jackson Photograph Album of Colorado and New Mexico, circa 1880s
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The album's spine reads "Souvenirs of Colorado."
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Ben Wittick Photographs of Hopi Villages, circa 1880-1903
Consists of a large bound volume of nine black-and-white photographs by American West photographer Ben Wittick, probably taken between 1880 and 1903.
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Collection Anthropologique du Prince Roland Bonaparte: American Indians, circa 1883
Consists of twenty ethnographic albumen prints of North American Indians, commissioned by Prince Roland Bonaparte and photographed by Alfred Ayotte, plus two additional photographs of Bonaparte.
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Photographs Documenting Logging Crews and Rural Life in Western Washington and Northwest Oregon, circa 1889-1910
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Photographs Documenting Logging Crews and Rural Life in Western Washington and Northwest Oregon, circa 1889-1910
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Consists of a collection of twenty-two photographs documenting logging equipment, camps, crews, working conditions, and family life, primarily in Western Washington and Northwest Oregon along the Columbia River during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.