Archives Collection (page 12)

Abbot Blessed Balsamus, 13th c Abbey of Cava
The Blessed Balsamus of Cava, abbot from 1208 to 1232, receives a manuscript of a Benedictine monk of Bari. Roman missal. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. CAMPANIA. SALERNO. Cava de Tirreni

Paris, France - Hotel de Guise. Date: 17th century

Paris, France - Bibliotheque Nationale Imperiale. Date: 1835

Paris, France - Bibliotheque Nationale. First it was called National Library of France, then Imperial National Library. Date: 1828

Paris, France - Palais des Archives. Date: 1867

Jean-Baptiste Greuze A girl with a broken jug
Illustration of a Jean-Baptiste Greuze A girl with a broken jug

Co Westmeath - Mullingar, The Jealous Wall, At Belvedere House

Archivio di Stato di Siena (Museo delle Biccherne). In Palazzo Piccolomini (Florentine Renaissance style). Architect: Bernardo Rossellino. 1460 and 1495

Mathew Brady
American photographer Mathew Brady (1822 - 1896), circa 1850. Brady is best known for his documentation of the U.S. Civil War. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lawrence Hargrave and his family. In a letter to George Crosland Taylor of 1 January 1895 held in the National Aerospace Librarys archives

The Bear Hunt: drawing by Making Medicine a Cheyenne (North American Plains Indian) prisoner at Fort Marion, Florida, August 1875. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Oswald Theodore Avery (1877-1955) Canadian-born American bacteriologist and molecular biologist at work in laboratory examining a petrie dish of culture. A founder of immuno-chemistry

Leo XIII (Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci 1810-1903) Pope from 1878, opening the Vatican archives for historical research, 1883. Inset portrait. Late 19th century chromolithograph

Part of the Parthenon
Account of the supervisors for the construction of the Parthenon 447/6 - 433/2 BC

Chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos
Account of the supervisors for the construction of the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon by the sculptor Phidias. 440-439 BC

Chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos
Account of the supervisors for the construction of the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon by the sculptor Phidias. 440-439 BC

Stack of books with colourful gold-engraved leather covers and gold rimmed pages, front view

David Smith
A volunteer at work in the Archives of the Natural History Museum, London

Cabrera-Thomas letter - page 1
Photograph of a letter held in the archives of the Natural History Museum, London dated August 25th 1896

Spain (1492). Reconquest. Taking of Granada. Capitulation and signature of Boabdil. Signed in Anadarax (8th July 1492). SPAIN. Simancas. General Archives of Simancas

The city of Gij󮠩n 1635. Painting. SPAIN. Simancas
The city of Gij󮠩 n 1635. Painting. SPAIN. Simancas

SANO di PIETRO, Ansano di Pietro di Mencio, called (1406-1481). Noble wedding. 1472. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. ITALY. Siena. Archivio di Stato (Provincial Archives)

BENVENUTO DI GIOVANNI (1436-1518). The Council

Queen Elizabeth II signing the visitors book at a Metropolitan Police archive

Petit Journal - 2
In the Service des Archives, back numbers of the paper can be consulted : Le petit Journal is one of Frances leading daily newspapers

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