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Rubens, Paul - Test

Collection: 5 Objects

Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin - Map of Northernmost America - 1688

Part of: Old World Maps

Copied between 1909 and 1910 from the original 1688 ms. in the Archives du dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. In margin: Bibliotheque du Depot des cartes et plans de la Marina, Paris, Atlas 4040B, piece n. 3. Includes indexed inset of view "Quebec comme il se voit du cóté de l'est." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Author:
Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin

Date:
1688

Imperial Federation, Map of the World Showing the Extent of the British Empire in 1886 (levelled)

Part of: Old World Maps

Everything about the design of this elaborately decorated world map glorifies the late-19th-century British Empire. Cartographically it used a Mercator projection centered on the Greenwich Prime Meridian, placing Great Britain just above the map's central focal point. The Greenwich Prime Meridian (near London) was adopted as the international standard in October 1884. The British Isles, as well as all of the British colonies spreading out to the east and the west, were highlighted with red, while other geographical areas were left blank with only a minimum number of place names. In addition, an inset box was placed near each of the major colonies, listing statistics about geographical area, population, and trade. The words "Freedom, Fraternity, Federation," suggesting a peaceful co-existence within the British Empire, were prominently placed along the map's top margin, but the remainder of the map's illustrations imply "colonialism." At the bottom center Britannia is seated on top of the world ruling over her subjects, represented by a variety of animals and costumed figures. India, quickly identified by an elephant and a tiger, appears in the lower left corner, while Australia, including a kangaroo and a sheep, is shown in the lower right. Using the Mercator projection in constructing this thematic map may have not been the most appropriate choice because it greatly exaggerates the size of Canada. However, since this projection is best used for navigational purposes, it was a reasonable choice. Considering the British Empire thrived on ocean-going transportation, the use of this projection would have provided a familiar image for the British public.

Author:
Walter Crane

Date:
1866

English folding almanac in Latin.

Part of: Multimedia

A folding almanac in Latin, containing a calendar (three months per leaf) and astrological tables and diagrams. Produced in England c.1415-1420 (the calendar includes the feast of John of Beverley, whose cult was proclaimed by Henry V after victory at Agincourt on 7 May 1415). It follows the Kalendar ad meridiem Oxonie of John Somer (1380), and contains data for the four Metonic cycles starting in 1387, 1406, 1425 and 1444, with lists of solar eclipses between 1384 and 1462 and lunar eclipses between 1387 and 1462. Like the other twenty-nine folding almanacs known to be extant, it contains data that enabled medical practitioners and others to diagnose and prognosticate, as well as to obtain information about religious feasts and other key moments in the calendar. Nonetheless, this example, with its silk binding and fine illustrations, may have been a luxury object that did not see practical use.

Date:
2014

Pharmacy jar (albarello),ca.

Part of: Photographs

Featuring tulips and a grotesque head in profile, this jar was designed to store herbs, powders, and other dry medicines that would have been protected from spoilage by a piece of parchment secured around the opening. The container was probably part of an order for 4,152 vessels placed by an apothecary in 1545 with Masséot Abaquesne, who ran a large workshop with his son, Laurent.

Date:
ca. 1545

Sleeping Venus

Part of: Impressionism

The Sleeping Venus, also known as the Dresden Venus, is a painting traditionally attributed to the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, although it has long been usually thought that Titian completed it after Giorgione's death in 1510.

Author:
Giorgione

Date:
1510

Old World Maps

Collection: 8 Objects

AbDallah-Talib Donald Cole Oral History

Part of: AUC Oral Histories and Reminiscences Collection

AbDallah-Talib Donald Cole was a faculty member teaching anthropology at the American University in Cairo from 1971 to 2007, and served in leadership positions on the Faculty Senate and University Senate. Cole describes growing up in Texas, his Spanish language abilities and travels in Latin American and Spain, and pursuit of a PhD in anthropology at the University of California Berkeley. He recounts his field work in Saudi Arabia among a Bedouin community from 1968 to 1971, and his impressions of Riyadh in that period. Coming to AUC in 1971 through a connection with fellow Berkeley anthropology graduate Cynthia Nelson, Cole recollects AUC in the early 1970s: a small student body with many members of ethnic communities and a majority of women (he notes its reputation as a “girls’ finishing school”), modest academic admission requirements, and continued sequestration by the Egyptian government during a time of poor Egyptian-U.S. relations and few Americans resident in Egypt. Cole outlines the development of the Sociology-Anthropology-Psychology Department (later adding Egyptology and known as SAPE), including relations among faculty in its disciplinary units, and it governance (he notes it was the first department to elect chairs). The sociology-anthropology academic program is covered, from its place in the core curriculum to its graduates, a number of whom rejoined the department as faculty. Cole’s own research interests and interactions with international anthropologists are covered. He traces how AUC students changed over the years, in their socio-economic background, academic pursuits (he notes how professional programs produced graduate who helped Egypt’s development), religious emphasis (irrelevant in his early years, becoming more pronounced), and fashion and dress. Cole also speaks about student and faculty political activism, especially on the issue of Palestine and Israel. His role as Chairman of the Faculty and of the University Senate is addressed, along with the issue of inequality in compensation and retirement benefits between Egyptian and foreign faculty members. He observes how AUC’s growth, manifested by the Division into three schools, made for a less cohesive faculty. Cole discusses his conversion to Islam in the 2000s, the mosque and other prayer spaces on the downtown campus, and his efforts to push for their availability on the new campus. He speculates on what the new campus, outside the center of Cairo, will mean for AUC.

Date:
2006-05-23

Dermot McLaughlin Collection

AUC Oral Histories and Reminiscences Collection

The AUC Oral Histories and Reminiscences collection presents oral histories with American University in Cairo faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, and other individuals connected with the AUC community. The oral histories were begun by the Alumni Director in the late 1960s, continued in the early 1970s by the author of The American University in Cairo: 1919-1987. The oral history initiative was resumed in 2005 and continues to the present day. This collection contains audio recordings accompanied by transcripts, although in some cases one format may not be available. Also available are digitized reminiscences by AUC community members, written during the 20th century as well as those generated as part of the "AUC Memories" website project documenting AUC’s old Tahrir Square campus as the university moved to its New Cairo campus in 2008.

Date:
2006-05-23

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