Islamic Maps
While Western Europe still relied on unrealistic biblical depictions of the globe, Muslim geographers were producing maps that far surpassed them in realism and accuracy. Lavishly illustrated with historic maps, instruments and tables of coordinates, this study traces their development from the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century to the Safavid and Ottoman empires in […]
Bodleian. Manuscript Materials Relating to the History Of Oxford. MADAN 1st 1887
1st Edition, published 1887 at the Clarendon Press. Blue cloth covers, no dj. Pages generally clean and tidy in a nice tight binding. Minor foxing at front and back end pages.
Roy Strong
Roy Strong emerged onto the art scene in the Sixties as the fashionable young director of the National Portrait Gallery. Here, he recalls his shy, solitary childhood in suburban north London, his grammar school and university education, and his formative first trip to Italy. Illustrated with drawings, letters and photographs, this memoir captures the excitement […]
Drink Map of Oxford
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Staging History
Through nine case studies of productions ranging from Shakespeare’s history plays to musical farce, this illustrated volume explores three themes: the ways in which Britons re-created their own history in theatrical genres; how history on stage was used to develop political and national identities, particularly in America; and the fascination with the exotic and authenticity […]
The Bay Psalm Book
The first book printed in North America, this 1640 translation of the Psalms of David was made for the Massachusetts Puritans. Communal singing of the psalms held a unique importance for the pioneers and their Psalter is in rhyming metrical verse. It was designed not for elegance but, as MacCulloch writes in his introduction, to […]
Hyphens & Hashtags*
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