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A circular, hand-drawn map in decorative style of Jerusalem and surrounding area. It has drawings of holy buildings and pilgrims. The map is from the Royal Library of Belgium, and dates from the mid 12th century.

Ancient hand-drawn map of Albi, from the middle of the eighth century. This map of the world is painted on a rather thick parchment, in goatskin or sheepskin. It represents the world in the form of a horseshoe centred around the Mediterranean, (the…

Woman in long dress holding lance in right hand, having collected rings suspended from gantries. Large crowd watching on and stewards also in field. Location unknown.

Excavation of Roman Villa
Slide is annotated "Gibsons & Sons, Penzance"

Excavation of Roman Villa
Slide is annotated "General view - Gibsons & Sons"

Excavation of Magor Farm, Illogan.
Slide is annotated "Gibsons & Sons"

Lamorna Birch with young man getting ready for fishing.

Lamorna Birch and Houghton

Man reading a book

Photograph of haymaking in progress

Photograph of a cat standing on a small table

A page of four photographs. See ARMS LA1 065. LA1 066, LA1 067 and LA1 068.

Excavation of 1931 - 32
Slide is annotated "Gibson & Sons"

Excavation of 1931 - 32
Slide annotated "Gibson & Sons

Excavation of 1931 - 32
Slide is annotated "Gibsons & Sons"

This is a loose photograph in the album, tucked in behind photograph ARMS LA1 061. It shows a group of five soldiers in front of a tent.

Showing excavation of Roman Villa.
Slide is marked "Gibson & Sons"

This is a loose photograph in the album, tucked in behind photograph ARMS LA1 061. It shows a tented encampment of soldiers. Note the water pump in the foreground on the left hand side.

The Roman villa at Magor Farm, Illogan, near Redruth is the only one known in Cornwall.
The slide is identified as "Magor Farm, Gibson & Sons"

Small ink drawing of small village in North Cornwall