Manuscript on paper of a statistical survey of the Royal Navy drawn up by Edward Battine in 1684. This is a transcript of the copy Battine gave to James, Duke of York, with a dedicatory preface dated 23 December 1684.
Description:
Binding: contemporary calf, rebacked., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Possibly Battine's retained copy.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History, Naval--Stuarts, 1603-1714
Subject (Name):
Great Britain--Royal Navy--Appropriations and expenditures and Great Britain--Royal Navy--History--17th century
Subject (Topic):
Sailors--Great Britain--History--17th century and Ships--Great Britain--Equipment and supplies--History
Minamoto, Toshiyori, approximately 1055-approximately 1129. 源俊頼, approximately 1055-approximately 1129.
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1479
Image Count:
29
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment of Sanbōe, or Illustrated Three Jewels, a Buddhist text by Tamenori Minamoto, copied by Toshiyori Minamoto in 1120. Text is from "Kanbutsu" section of Sanbō ekotoba. Hanging scroll, ink on paper.
Alternative Title:
東大寺切, 1120.
Description:
"Sanbō ekotoba, gekan, Sōbō, shigatsu, dai 18, Kanbutsu" no dankan nimaitsugi., 「三寶絵詞, 下卷, 僧寶, 四月, 第一八, 灌佛」の断簡二枚継., From the collection of the Sekido family. Purchased from Gogatsudo on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018., and Housed in a box inscribed by Shigemi Komatsu.
Minamoto, Toshiyori, approximately 1055-approximately 1129. 源俊頼, approximately 1055-approximately 1129.
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1478
Image Count:
29
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment of Sanbōe, or Illustrated Three Jewels, a Buddhist text by Tamenori Minamoto, copied by Toshiyori Minamoto in 1120. Text is from the "Nehan-e" section of Sanbō ekotoba. Hanging scroll, ink on paper.
Alternative Title:
東大寺切, 1120.
Description:
"Sanbō ekotoba, gekan, Sōbō, shigatsu, dai 17 , Taianji no daihanyae" no dankan., 「三寶絵詞, 下卷, 僧寶, 四月, 第一七, 大安寺大般若會」の断簡., Displayed at "Irodorareta kami ryōshi sōshoku," an exhibit at the Tokugawa Museum in 2001., From the collection of the Sekido family. Purchased from Gogatsudo on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018., and Housed in a box inscribed by Yukio Fukuda.
Travel diary of a voyage from New York to Alaska via San Francisco, 1868 October 24-1869 April 25. Meigs served as captain's clerk on an expedition to explore the newly-acquired territory on the U.S.S. Saginaw. The diary includes a daily account of the voyage and a list of addresses of shipmates, and recounts the destruction of a Kake (Tlingit) village on Kuiu Island, among other events. Accompanied by a transcript of the diary, a printed version of Hydrographic Notice No. 13, 1869, and two photographs: one of Peveril Meigs, 1869, and one of Richard Worsam Meade (captain of the U.S.S. Saginaw and Meigs's cousin), undated.
Description:
Peveril Meigs (1847-1921), of Richmond, New York, and Santa Barbara, California.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Description and travel, Alaska--Discovery and exploration, and San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Meade, Richard W.--(Richard Worsam), 1837-1897 and Saginaw (Steamer)