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R.14.23

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Shelfmark R.14.23
Manuscript Title

The Dryden Album (Greek and Turkish Costumes)
Alternative Title

Greek and Turkish Costumes.
James Number 896
Century 17th
Provenance

Given by Jonathan Dryden, Fellow, in 1663.
Donor Dryden, Jonathan (c1639-1702), Fellow Of Trinity (1661)
Size (cm) 18.5 x 13
Folio ff. 1-56
Material Paper
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.14.23/manifest.json
Online Since 10/05/2016

Contents

Interleaved with curious marbled papers [see below for modern description of the papers].
There are 56 drawings, all coloured, and rather rude.
10. a camelopard (giraffe) tied up by his head.
31. a dog's meat man.
35 (f.40). men hung on hooks.
36. an obelisk.
37. The Pillar of the three serpents in Constantinople (of copper). Their heads are horned and are all shewn as perfect.
38. 39. other columns in Constantinople.
The last three are views in Constantinople.

inside-front: combed marbled paper
front-flyleaf1r: combed marbled paper
front-flyleaf2r, 2v, 4r, 4v, 5r, 5v: trickle paper
f002interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f003interleafr, v: monochrome brushed paper
f005interleaf1r, 1v: monochrome brushed paper
f005interleaf2r, 2v, 3r, 3v: trickle paper
f006interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f008interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f010interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: drawn marbled paper
f012interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: silhouette paper
f014interleaf-1: drawn marbled paper
f014interleaf-2, 1r: marbled paper of a unidentified sub group
f014interleaf2r: drawn marbled paper
f017interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: silhouette paper
f019interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: drawn marbled paper
f021interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f022interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f024interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f026interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f027interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f029interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: monochrome brushed paper
f031interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: monochrome brushed paper
f033interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: monochrome brushed paper
f035interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f037interleaf1v, 2r: possibly sprinkled paper
f039interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: silhouette paper
f041interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: drawn marbled paper
f043interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f044interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f046interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f048interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
f049interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: silhouette paper
f051interleaf1v, 2r: possibly sprinkled paper
f053interleaf1r, 1v, 2r, 2v: trickle paper
back-flyleaf2r, 2v: trickle paper
back-flyleaf3v, inside back: combed marbled paper

Bibliography

A Turkish Souvenir: The Dryden Album and Anglo-Ottoman Contact, Library Blog (2016)

Stichel, R. H. W., 'Fortuna redux, Pompeius und die Goten: Bemerkungen zu einem wenig beachteten Sulenmonument Konstantinopels', 49 (1999), 467-92

Stichel, R. H. W., 'Die 'Schlangensule' im Hippodrom von Istanbul : zum spt- und nachantiken Schicksal des Delphischen Votivs der Schlacht von Plataiai', Sonderdruck aus Istanbuler Mitteilungen 47 (1997), 315-48

Kynan-Wilson,W., 'Souvenirs and Stereotypes: An Introduction to Ottoman Costume Albums', Heritage Turkey, Vol. 3 (2013), pp.35-6

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