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Incominiciano le uite de sancti padri per diuersi eloquentissimi doctori uulgarizate

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Description: The Vitae patrum is a sixth century collection of legendary biographies of saints, built from the base of biographies and legends on Egyptian hermits already compiled in Greek (Apophthegmata Patrum or Sayings of the Fathers). The Latin collection contains translation or original writings of St. Jerome, Rufinus, Sulpicius Severus, Cassianus and others. This text underwent enrichments and interpolations.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: ne gli anni del signore corrente .M.cccc.lxxvi. [1476].
Call number: 103518
Provenance: Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925. Bookplate on inside of front cover: Ex libris Ernesti Pagnoni.
Dimensions: 29 cm (folio)
Associated people: Jerome, (-419 or 420,); Cavalca, Domenico, (-1342,); Belcari, Feo, (1410-1484,); Miscomini, Antonio, (active 1476-1496,)

Carte de l'antique Alexandrie et de ses faubourgs : dresée sur les ordres de S. A. le vice-roi d'Egypte à l'aide de fouilles, nivellements et autres recherches / par Mahmoud-Bey, Astronome de Son Altesse

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2445 Mahmoud. Carte de l'antique Alexandrie et des faubourgs... fait en 1866. Paris, Imp. Monrocq, 1866. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Maḥmūd Bāshā Falakī (Mahmoud-Bey) was an Egyptian engineer, mathematician, and scientist who was charged with making the first complete topographical map of Egypt. (Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt, Arthur Goldschmidt, 2000, page 53, accessed online at http://books.google.com/books?id=p3J6IS8t74QC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=mahmud+basha+falaki&source=bl&ots=-274t5RYMd&sig=e7qKwgbc7CV-o8csctA39Xsofy0&hl=en&ei=KxhjTJ_DEJGMOK6otb8K&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mahmud%20basha%20falaki&f=false on August 11th, 2010.) Stamp: Kensington Public Library. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Meters, stade. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamp: Kensington Public Library MS notes: 15 2445 p.Maps Africa Mahmoud.

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R.C. Le Vere to Hibben. (1958, July 10) Attached two-sided sheet: "Average Initial Footcandles per Watt per Square Foot."

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The Samuel G. Hibben collection is divided into four sections: articles, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera. The bulk of the collection consists of articles, both handwritten and printed, and most written by Hibben. The rest are lighting-related articles kept by Hibben, sent to him by colleagues or through the Westinghouse Company. These articles are arranged alphabetically by title, in Boxes 1-3. Box 4 contains articles specifically related to projects in which Hibben was involved, such as the lighting of the Statue of Liberty or the 1939 New York World's Fair, and committees he was a part of, such as the Electrical Historical Foundation. Box 5 contains miscellaneous unattributed articles, and photographs, mostly of the 1939 New York World's Fair, the White House, and various landmarks being lit at night. Box 6 contains correspondence, arranged by date, most being either written by Hibben or directed to his attention. The majority of this correspondence relates to various electrical committees. Box 7 consists of ephemera, and includes photographic negatives, diagram sketches, and blueprints.

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Avis. : Sur le cours public & gratuit d'accouchemens en faveur des éleves & sages-femmes, établi par Ordre de sa Majesté. A Arles

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"A notice seemingly published under the joint auspices of the 'Consuls- Gouverneurs' and the diocese of Arles in the South of France, and promoting a free and public course in midwifery ... The Avis invites neighbouring communities from outside of the diocese to send along suitable candidates to the course already established in Arles, and which has proven successful. ... The course lasts for one month, though three years of classes must be attended before a completion certificate will be awarded. Instruction in 'les maladies des femmes enceintes, en couche, et accouchées' was given by M. Paris 'Professeur Royal'. M. Pautrier delivered lectures on 'l'anatomie et le manuel des accouchemens'. Students will be taught the different cases in which the sacrament of baptism is to be administered, and it is expected that all midwives be of good Christian virtue."--Antiquarian bookseller's description.

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Recueil de plusiers parties de mathématiques; Traité de la geometrie pratique ou l'on enseigne la maniere de mesurer, les lignes, les surfaces, et les corps

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Two manuscript volumes on theoretical and practical geometry. Both volumes are illustrated with fine pen and ink geometric diagrams for theoretical or practical application of geometrical principles. Many diagrams are shaded or colored. Additional watercolor drawings of flowers and birds are present at the end problems. The first volume contains the origin and function of geometry and the history and uses of geometry. The main body of the first volume considers definitions of geometry with Euclidean subjects and 40 problems; Methods for tracing figures, angles, lines on a terrain with 31 problems; Practice of geometry; Treatise of development of bodies and the geometrical elevation with 21 problems, and a section on Treatise of trigonometry and practice with 5 propositions and corollaries. The second volume is on practical geometry and measuring, with numerous problems.

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De Sallier Dupin, Jacques-Yves. 1 letter (1980, Sep. 17) to Catherine Turney. Includes notes on le Monastère des Dames de la Visitation à Nantes. In French

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There are 711 items in the manuscript section which are arranged alphabetically by author and then title. Materials without author and title are arranged alphabetically by type. Oversize materials are located in boxes 34 and 35. The manuscripts consist of various screenplays, television and movie treatments, biographies, and novels, both published and unpublished, written by Turney throughout her career (some written with co-authors such as Jerry Horwin and Stephen Longstreet). The collection includes an unproduced screenplay, written for Bette Davis titled "Angel Manager." A version of the screenplay for "Of Human Bondage" is located in the manuscripts. Also included is one of the first scripts for "Japanese War Bride," originally titled "East is East." There are materials related to Turney's first play, "Bitter Harvest," including two published copies with Turney's edits, and her most successful play, "My Dear Children." The manuscripts section also contains drafts of Byron's daughter and Turney's research notes for that book. Other manuscripts include: a draft of her biography "The Patriarch," which was intended to illuminate the lives of the women in George Washington's life; a fictional trilogy regarding early California entitled "Light in the Spring," "Manifest Destiny," and "Fruit of the Vine;" and a biography of Aimée Dubuc de Rivery entitled "The Beautiful One." Research notes and materials for her biographies and novels are listed under "Note cards" and "Notes." There are reviews of Turney's biographies and novels, two interviews with Catherine Turney, and poetry written by Turney while she attended Bishop's School. Of note are seventeen drawings by the artist Stephen Longstreet. There are also manuscripts relating to the creation and early days of the Pasadena Community Playhouse and two manuscripts regarding Catherine Turney's experiences with John Barrymore in the 1930s while he played the leading role in "My Dear Children."

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Noailles, Le Vicomte de, (1951-1955)

Manuscripts

The archive consists of approximately 20,000 typed and handwritten letters from 1948 through 1960. There are a small number of original signed letters that appear to be duplicates or letters not sent. The archive also contains some ephemera: copies of original and published articles, camellia journals, pamphlets, photographs, and other printed matter.

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