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  • Terrier of the Town of Karben

    Alternative Title
    Terrier [Land-Holdings] of the Town of Karben (Hesse, Germany)
    Subject
    Terriers (Law), Land tenure, Villages, Landowners, History, Manuscripts, Cities and towns, and Land titles
    Language
    ger
    Date created
    1483
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: HD1251 T37 1483 and Shelf Mark: Ms.Ger.2
    Extent
    6ff ; parchment ; 358 x 133 mm
    Geographic Coverage
    Germany--Karben, Germany--Karben--Kloppenheim, Germany, and Germany--Hesse
    Coordinates
    50.55, 9, 51.5, 10.5, 50.23521, 8.75789, and 50.23329, 8.75138
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    "apparently complete, with the exception of the original seal which lacks (collation i6), written in brown ink in batarde cursive for the text and in Gothic textura in red ink for the date, on 40-45 long lines (justification 110 x 270-290 mm.), with initials stroked...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents) and legal documents
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.phpFrom Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsGer2.pdf
    Date Digitized
    2020-02-11
    Transcript
    Transcription completed by Cameron Young, with reference to a prior draft transcription by Johannes Schmidt and Seamus Reid, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies course with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), December 2016, available here:...
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI at 600 dpi 11 Feb 2020 (1/20; 303; bent 5, camera height 800) scanned under glass. Metadata by KD.

  • Property Register, County of Leiningen

    Alternative Title
    Taxation Records, County of Leiningen., Court Records from Lautersheim (Rheinland-Pfalz)., and Regulations from Grunstadt (Rheinland-Pfalz) for Payment of Agrarian Dues.
    Subject
    History, Land tenure, Landowners, Villages, Manuscripts, Cities and towns, and Land titles
    Language
    ger
    Date created
    1497 to 1498
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Ger.1 and Call Number: HD1251 P76 1498
    Extent
    65 leaves (collation: i8 + ii4 + iii8 [6 + 2 interleaved singletons, following 13 and 16] + iv16 + v13 [12 + 1, after folio 48] + vi2 + vii14; paper; an unfoliated paper slip interleaved between fols 5-6); modern foliation in pencil, top, outer corner, recto, 1-65 ; 22 x 16.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Germany--Worms, Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and Germany--Leiningen (Principality)
    Coordinates
    51.5, 10.5, 50.1333, 7.56667, 49.63278, 8.35916, and 49.66667, 7.5
    Chronological Coverage
    14XX
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Item is very brittle, binding is uneven (loose in places, tight in others); no covers. "Written in one main hand, in black ink, in a German administrative cursiva, with sixteenth-century additions by several hands, and addenda in an eighteenth-century hand on ff. 42v...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), early works, records (documents), and tax records
    Is Referenced By
    From Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsGer1.pdfSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
    Date Digitized
    2020-01-22/2020-01-23
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 DPI TIFF (1/20; 263; bent5 tone; camera height 500). Metadata by KD.

  • The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse

    Alternative Title
    The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and...
    Subject
    History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
    Creator
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Stow, John, 1525?-1605
    Contributor
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Bourne, Nicholas, -1660
    Publisher
    London : Printed by Elizabeth Purslowe, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1633.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1633
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
    Extent
    8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
    Edition
    [Fourth]
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Chronological Coverage
    16xx/17xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear continuous despite pagination; Variant of title page...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance
    Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books
    Is Referenced By
    Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
    Date Digitized
    2013-05-03/2013-05-14
    Technical Note
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.

  • Early New Westminster [illustration]

    Subject
    Cities and towns, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Boats and boating, Canoes and canoeing, History, Steamboats, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Natural history, and BC Parks
    Creator
    Pope, F. L.
    Contributor
    Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1865
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Extent
    1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--New Westminster
    Coordinates
    49.20678, -122.91092
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Chester P. Lyons Collection
    Provenance
    Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    prints (visual works), black-and-white prints (prints on paper), and drawings (visual works)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
    Fonds Title
    Chester P. Lyons fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    AR409
    Is Referenced By
    Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2025-01
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

  • Lytton in 1868

    Subject
    Buildings, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Rivers, Cities and towns, Mountains, Log cabins, Roads, Dwellings, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, History, BC Parks, and Natural history
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1868
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Extent
    1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Lytton
    Coordinates
    50.23194, -121.58196
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Stamped with Provincial Archives on verso. Pencil note on verso "Lytton BC, at the junction of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers - 57 miles above Yale 1868"
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Chester P. Lyons Collection
    Provenance
    Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    photographs and black-and-white photographs
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
    Fonds Title
    Chester P. Lyons fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    AR409
    Is Referenced By
    Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2025-01
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

  • Yale in construction days [illustration]

    Subject
    Natural history, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Buildings, Cities and towns, Street life, BC Parks, Historic buildings, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, and Church buildings
    Contributor
    Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1885?
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    BC Archives Item PDP00411
    Extent
    1 illustration ; 10.5 x 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Yale
    Coordinates
    49.56202, -121.42974
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Stamped with BC Provincial Archives on the verso.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Chester P. Lyons Collection
    Provenance
    Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    prints (visual works) and black-and-white prints (prints on paper)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
    Fonds Title
    Chester P. Lyons fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    AR409
    Is Referenced By
    Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2025-01
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

  • Vancouver Island, British Columbia (1888)

    Alternative Title
    Frontier surveys. and Six inch maps of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
    Subject
    Military planning, Roads, Land cover, Cities and towns, and Bridges
    Creator
    Lang, J. I. and Great Britain. War Office. Topographical Depot
    Publisher
    Southampton, England? : War Department?
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1888
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Call number: G3514 V5S5 1888 G7 (Map Drawers)
    Extent
    1 map ; 138 x 200 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria Region and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Scale 1:10 560. Six in. to one statute mile (W 123⁰37'--W 123⁰14'/N 48⁰31'--N 48⁰22'). and Map consists of four photocopied and hand colored sheets taped together to form one piece.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    British Columbia Historical Maps
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    maps (documents), historical maps, and relief maps
    Date Digitized
    2025-07-14
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI (1/15; 273; bent5, camera height 900) - 600 DPI tif by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Picturesque glimpses of Victoria, capitol of British Columbia

    Alternative Title
    Picturesque glimpses of Victoria, capitol of British Columbia With Greetings from Clinton A. Harrison Prop. The Hotel Driard.
    Subject
    Historic buildings, Tourism, History, Landscapes, and Cities and towns
    Creator
    Harrison, Clinton A.
    Publisher
    T.N. Hibben & Co.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1890
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: FC3846.37 H37 (Special Collections)
    Extent
    8 pages ; 25 x 21 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    photographs, printed ephemera, black-and-white photographs, and pamphlets
    Date Digitized
    2008-01-23
    Technical Note
    600 dpi tif, Plustek OptiBook 3600 scanner, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW, transcript by CDW. Metadata by KD.

  • Yale in the 1890's

    Subject
    British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Dredges, Frontier and pioneer life, BC Parks, Church buildings, Mountains, Cities and towns, Gold dredging, Natural history, Rivers, Nature, and Roads
    Contributor
    Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1890s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Extent
    1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Yale
    Coordinates
    49.56202, -121.42974
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Stamped with BC Provincial Archives on the verso.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Chester P. Lyons Collection
    Provenance
    Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    photographs, black-and-white photographs, and aerial photographs
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
    Fonds Title
    Chester P. Lyons fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    AR409
    Is Referenced By
    Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2025-01
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

  • Victoria illustrated: containing a general description of the Province of British Columbia, and a review of the resources, terminal advantages, general industries and climate of Victoria, the "Queen City", and its tributary country.

    Alternative Title
    Victoria the Queen City
    Subject
    City and town life, Tourism, History, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, and Commerce
    Publisher
    Ellis, "The Colonist"; Published under the auspices of the Corporation of the City of Victoria
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1891
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: FC3846.3 V53 (Special Collections)
    Extent
    96 pages, illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books
    Date Digitized
    2008-01-14/2008-01-18
    Technical Note
    600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned by CDW, ocr transcript by CDW and KM. Metadata by KD.