Communications Collection (#40)

Ms - C15 Breviary
Page from a French breviary : the miniature depicts Hannah before Eli the High Priest

Manuscript / Joseph
Two scenes from the life of Joseph, depicted in an English psalter

Manuscript / Lectionary
page from a French lectionary in Latin, containing the daily Gospels throughout the year

Manuscript / C13 Bible
Jesus with his mother - Jesus crucified - Saint Martin de Tours - St Peter - angels - ornamenting the Prologos of a 13th century English Bible

Manuscript / C12 Bible
Interlacing folial designs from a German Bible

Letters from Ms Bible
Initial letters from an English Bible

Illuminated Initial B
Illuminated initial B (in Beatus vir - blessed is the man ) in an English gospel

Manuscript - Gospel
A page from a Franco-German gospel

LANDSCAPE, 1495
A very early example of illustration in a printed book - a landscape of England (!) in Wynkyn de Wordes Polychronicon

Figaro Caricatured
LE FIGARO French newspaper caricatured as a rather run-down Figaro character from the operas of Mozart and Rossini

Printing L illustration
L ILLUSTRATION : cross-section of the works at 12, rue Saint- Georges, Paris, where Frances most venerable illustrated magazine was produced until its demise during WW2

Inking a Roller
A boy inking a roller

Press Machinery 1913
Rotary bill machines printing off copies of the Evening News to celebrate the 10, 000th edition

Writing / Robert Burns
A poem by Robert Burns, giving a good example of his handwriting

Pony Express Starting
Starting from Sacramento

Pony Express in Peril
Theres a lot of Indian country between the Missouri and San Francisco, and a short-cut through a native American burial ground could prove a fatal misjudgment

Pony Express in Rockies
A rider makes a delivery in the Rockies

Imagine Reading them All
Imagine if one had to read them all!

Writing / Whittier Poem
Manuscript of a short poem by the American poet, in his own handwriting, dated July 1879

Polish Torah Scroll
A miniature Polish scroll of the Torah - the first five books of the Bible

Newton / Handwriting
Letter from the English scientist, dated 20 June 1682, from Trinity College, Cambridge, discussing another scientists Theory of Vision

Book Binder 1827
A book binder using a vice to compress his books. Other books are in a large press behind him and pots of glue and tools are at his feet

Mary / Scots / Letter
A letter from Mary Queen of Scots - she signs herself Marie

Elizabeth I / Letter Henri
A letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Henri V

Codex Troano - 2
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xxi

16th Century Printer
A 16th century French printer, Robert Estienne, with a box of type

Announcement of Victory
A man summons the people of the village with the sounds of a drum to hear the announcement of victories in Addis Ababa

Ancient Roman Library
Ancient Roman library with scrolls in baskets

Thackerays Handwriting
Manuscript in Thackerays handwriting for " Sorrows of Werther"

Locke / Handwriting
Handwriting of philosopher John Locke

Gregoire De Tours / Boul
GREGOIRE DE TOURS French bishop, historian and saint

Traveller Ad 1900
Advertisement for " The Traveller", sold not only in the United Kingdom, but also " in every Travel and Tourist Centre throughout the World through Thomas Cook"

Kite Aerial / Marconi
Marconi raises kites to support an aerial electrode on Signal Hill, St. Johns, Newfoundland

Thomas Hughes / Letter
A letter from the English MP and author of Tom Browns Schooldays - written on House of Commons notepaper

C17 Dutch Courier
Dutch Postal courier

Swiss Courier, C15
A Swiss courier

Printing / Press-Room / 1887
Men working at printing presses under the glare of electric light

Scholar Reading Journal
A scholar wearing a fine cloak peers through his monocle to read a large format book

Writing Example / Rossini
A letter of thanks from the Italian composer to a friend, written in French

Heidenberg / Trithemius
JOHANNES HEIDENBERG known as JOHANNES TRITHEIM or TRITHEMIUS German abbot and historian

Italians Bomb Suez Canal
North Africa : Italian bombers attack the Suez canal, a vital communications link held by the Allies

Daily Mail Composing Rm
Anxious moments in the Daily Mail composing room

Box of Old Letters
a drawer-full of old letters

Paris News Stall
A Parisienne buys a newspaper from a street stall

Paris News Kiosk (Mars)
A news kiosk on the Paris boulevards

Man Using Early Phone
A gentleman using an early instrument

Young Girl on the Line
A young girl on the line holding the ear-phones to the side of her head

Medieval Author
Georges Chastelain, Flemish soldier of fortune, presents his book to Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne

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