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Total number of records: 121

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items107
Textiles11
Archives3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection25
International Textile Collection11
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society4
English Literature3
Herbert Read Collection3
Leeds Russian Archive3
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1
Medical Collections1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
voyages and travels10
jews3
greek language2
greek literature, hellenistic2
archaeology1
art1
eastern question (central asia)1
gabri language1
goths in italy1
hebrew letters -- texts.1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Iran117
Turkey20
Middle East18
Greece12
India11
Soviet Union6
Asia5
Great Britain5
Isfahan5
East Indies4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Xenophon31
Chardin, Sir John (1643-1713)24
Cyrus, the Younger, D. 401 B.C24
Zampi, Giuseppe Maria15
Nadir Shah, Shah of Iran, 1688-17476
Cyrus the Younger, D. 401 B.C4
Hanway, Jonas (1712-1786)4
Phillips, John (1631-1706)3
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689)3
White, John T3

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From 15003
From 160019
From 170034
From 180033
From 190023
From 20001

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Up to 15992
Up to 169918
Up to 179934
Up to 189933
Up to 199930
Up to latest4

Archive Print Item

Iran in the four seasons : a selection of photographs

Fasāʼī, Muḥammad Ṣādiqī; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1995

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cap
Textile

cap

before 1947

This cap is decorated with borders of couched scrolls of gold coloured metallic thread, and palmettes with eyelets. The eyelets have been worked in white and outlined with red.

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cap
Textile

cap

before 1947

The patterned decoration on this cap is composed of geometric borders with scrolls and chain patterns, couched onto the surface of the fabric in gold coloured metallic threads. It is lined with red c...

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bag
Textile

bag

before 1947

This item is a bag made from a woven silk fabric, which has been hemmed with a wide needle woven border. The piece is folded over and edged with a silk cord at the sides so as to form a bag; two squ...

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bag
Textile

bag

1800-1947

This item is a bag made from a 19th century jacquard woven silk fabric. The fabric has been folded up and stitched at the sides to form a bag. Silk cord has been stitched around the edges, and the b...

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I sette libri di Xenophonte della impresa di Ciro minore

Xenophon; Domenichi, Lodovico (1515-1564)

1547

Woodcut initials, printer's device on t.p.

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felt rug
Textile

felt rug

before 2005

A double sided thick felt rug or carpet, with a brown border, and three flower motifs in black and red. The reverse side has a brown border, red ground, with a brown line and spiral design.

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hat
Textile

hat

before 2004

An undecorated plain black hat made from smooth felt. The hat is brimless and there are no ventilation holes.

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hat
Textile

hat

before 2005

Man's hand-knitted woollen hat. The crown of the hat is knitted in a circular fashion in brown, light brown and natural coloured hand spun yarns. The pattern on the brim has been made by carrying the ...

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