Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:970,000 (E 79°22'00"--E 82°04'00"/N 10°02'00"--N 5°43'00"). Map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with relief shown pictorially. Oritented with north to the left."Ceilan hujus insulae descri ptionem aè Cypriano Sanchez cosmographo Hispano deline ; atam, huic nostro operi inse: rendam, dedit Clarissimus vir Petrus...
Cup. Silver-plated tea cup with etched floral and geometric designs, as well as etched name and date range; the flowers in the design are lilies. Includes manufacturer markings:"S. U. Meleudy -- 1841. 1883." and "AURORA -- WARRANTED TRIPLE PLATE -- S. P. MFG. CO. -- 2."
Contributor:
Aurora Silver Plate Company (Aurora, Illinois)
Created:
1883?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Inscription in marble block from the Library of Pantainos built by Flavius Pantaenus in about A.D. 100 and situated just south of the Stoa of Attalos in the Ancient Agora of Athens. The inscription reads "No book shall be taken out, since we have sworn it. It will be open from the first hour until the sixth."