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Bibliothecae Bodleianae codicum manuscriptorum orientalium ... catalogus  

Publication Date:  1787
Creator:  Bodleian Library, 1787
Uri, Johann, 1726-1796
Nicoll, Alexander, 1793-1828
Pusey, Edward B., 1800-1882
Publisher:  Typographeo Clarendoniano (Clarendon Press) ( Oxonii (Oxford) )
Subjects:  Bodleian Library -- Catalogs
Manuscrips, Oriental -- Catalogs -- England -- Oxford
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Cockerel-spouted ewer (reconstructed), stone-paste, moulded and decorated in lustre, with some cobalt blue  

Publication Date:  [12th-13th century]
Material:  Stone-paste, moulded and decorated in lustre, with some cobalt blue
Measurements:  H40 x Diam22 cm
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- اصفهان -- کاشان
Ewers
Chickens in art
Roosters in art
خروس در هنر
آفتابه
جوجه در هنر
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Untitled map of Western and Southern Asia [by Sir Walter Raleigh] engraved by Emanuel Bowen (MCA/01/02/01/02)  

Publication Date:  [1736]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 24.5x27 on sheet 36x45cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Մարկոսի ավետարանիչ  

Publisher:  ձեռագիր ( Հայաստան )
Material:  Watercolour, gold and ink on paper
Measurements:  H15 x W10.9cm
Subjects:  Mark, Saint -- Art
Մարկոսի ավետարանիչ
Եվրոպա -- Հայաստան
Європа -- Вірменія
Европа -- Армения
Europe -- Armenia
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.

Pyramids and Sphinx  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  Europeans
Arabs
Pyramids
Sphinx
أهرام
أبو الهول
أفريقيا -- مصر -- الجيزة -- الجيزة
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Assyria by mapmakers Munster and Petri published in Basle with text in German (MCA/01/01/01/08)  

Publication Date:  [1628]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 19x16 on sheet 25.5x21.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Mohammedan saints and sanctuaries in Palestine  

Publication Date:  1927
Creator:  Canaan, Taufik
Publisher:  Luzac
Format:  4 p. l., [v]-viii, 331 p.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  25 cm.
Subjects:  Muslim saints
Saints -- Worship
Muslim shrines -- Palestine
Journal of the Palestine oriental society
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Persia, Arabia and Cabul [Kabul] drawn by J Smith, engraved by W R Gardner for Smith's Atlas, and published in London by Charles Smith (MCA/01/01/06/35)  

Publication Date:  [1826]
Creator:  Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
Gardner, W. R.
Publisher:  Charles Smith
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 26.5x35.5 on sheet 31.5x43cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Divan  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Muhammad Zuhuri
ظهوري, نور الدين محمد، ١٥٣٧-١٦١٦
Ẓuhūrī, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1537 or 1538-1616 or 1617
Material:  Lacquer.
Measurements:  H23 x W13.6 cm
Subjects:  Asya -- Türkiye
Asiya -- Türkiyə
آسيا -- تركيا
Ասիա -- Թուրքիա
Азия -- Турция
Ασία -- Τουρκία
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by R.C.Reid, Esq (D.D. Dickson bequest).

Oriens [East] by Christophorus Cellarius (Christopher Keller) published in Rome (MCA/01/02/01/24)  

Publication Date:  [1774]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31.5x45.5 on sheet 40.5x54cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persicum Regnum [The Kingdom of Persia] with text on the back by mapmaker Jodocus Hondius and published in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius (MCA/01/01/03/04)  

Publication Date:  [1621]
Publisher:  Johannes Janssonius
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 14x18.5 on sheet 19x23cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Juif de Constantinople  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Men
Ethnic costume
Beards
Mustaches
Clothing
Asya -- Türkiye -- Marmara Bölgesi -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Avrupa -- Türkiye -- Marmara Bölgesi -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Asia -- Turkey -- Marmara -- Istanbul -- Istanbul
Jews
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Femme de Mytilène  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Women
Ethnic costume
Greeks
Clothing
Avrupa -- Yunanistan -- Kuzey Ege -- Midilli -- Midilli
Ευρώπη -- Ελλάδα -- Βορείου Αιγαίου -- Λέσβου -- Μυτιλήνη
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Map of Persia, Arabia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan [Balochistan] published in Philadelphia by S Augustua Mitchell (MCA/01/01/07/05)  

Publication Date:  1877
Creator:  Mitchell, Samuel Augustis
Publisher:  S. Augustus Mitchell
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 27x34.5 on sheet 31.5x38.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Middle East -- Maps
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

An accurate map of Persia by George Rollos Geogr[apher], published in London (MCA/01/01/06/12)  

Publication Date:  [1770]/66
Creator:  Rollos, George
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 27x33.5 on sheet 30.5x41cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

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