Double page (pp 92 & 93) from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt."
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an…
Hand drawn and ancient , decorative mappa mundi.
Label on slide reads " British Museum Maps 29.b.4
ST SEVER"
Also known as the Beatus map from the Saint-Sever Beatus, produced in Saint-Sever Abbey, France in the 9th century. The map is faced…
Hand drawn illustrated map in circular form.
It is annotated with lots of detail and information.
Label on slide reads "British Museum. Maps 184 d. 2 BORGIAN MAP"
The Borgia Map is an ancient mappa mundi, or world map, thought to have been made…
Two photographs, one of a church tower among trees and one a beach scene. See LA1 026 and LA1 027. Written notes on this page query whether this could be Truro Cathedral and a scene along the Cornish coast.
Image is from a book. Four monsters are illustrated across a double page, with text in foreign language around.
Lantern slide label Staes "British Museum Monsters. COT.DIS TIB.B.V. PR.1. fol 82."
This was the family home of the wife of E.A.A., Fanny Isabella Errington (1862-1945). Her father Rev. John Lancelot Errington was the incumbent from about 1870 to his death in 1906.
Also, ARMS LA1 017, ARMS LA1 018 and ARMS LA1 019
Looking through to study.
This was the family home of the wife of E.A.A., Fanny Isabella Errington (1862-1945). Her father Rev. John Lancelot Errington was the incumbent from about 1870 to his death in 1906.
Also, ARMS LA1 017, ARMS LA1 018 and…
Exterior view of Midgham Vicarage, Berkshire. The building was formerly known as Hall Court and became the vicarage in 1804, known as Midgham Vicarage in 1869.
This was the family home of the wife of E.A.A., Fanny Isabella Errington (1862-1945).…
Exterior view of Midgham Vicarage, Berkshire. The building was formerly known as Hall Court, and became a vicarage in 1804, known as Midgham Vicarage in 1869.
This was the family home of the wife of E.A.A., Fanny Isabella Errington (1862-1945). Her…
Photograph of an unidentified house. A woman and young girl are sitting on the grass and a man and two younger children are sitting among the shrubbery