Monthly Archives: July 2010

Developments in alfresco photography

Posted on July 29, 2010

  “J D Ll” 185-  This year is the bi-centenary of the birth of John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882), of Penlle’r-gaer, Swansea, a pioneer photographer whose …

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H.M. Stanley: a Welshman I presume?

Posted on July 28, 2010

Journalist and explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley became world-famous for his explorations in Africa, and for his ‘discovery’ in 1871 of David Livingstone at Ujiji. …

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Oxford blues

Posted on July 27, 2010

I’m in Oxford for the annual get-together of the heads of the six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland.  Our host this year …

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Humphrey Llwyd’s map of Wales and the Saxton proof map

Posted on July 26, 2010

Like George Owen (see post on 21st July) Humphrey Llwyd was an Elizabethan polymath: physician, antiquary and MP for Denbigh, it was later in life …

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Pentre Pella

Posted on July 23, 2010

Perched on a mountain overlooking the port of Holyhead, Pentre Pella is a small, irregularly shaped village with clusters of solid, squat cottages, stone walls, …

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Water and stone

Posted on July 21, 2010

After a decent morning catching up on work – uninterrupted by calls and emails, except those from fellow nerds –  it’s time to join our …

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George Owen’s map of Pembrokeshire

Posted on July 21, 2010

One of the delights of working with the collections here is that you are able to look at some items that are rare and beautiful …

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UNESCO Memory of the World

Posted on July 19, 2010

The Peniarth manuscript collection at the National Library of Wales has been included on the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. We’re extremely pleased …

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Learning and Development

Posted on July 16, 2010

Here goes – final blog for the time being! The next year will mean a re-vamp for our Library and Information NVQ’s – which will …

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Cartographic treasures to be digitised

Posted on July 15, 2010

I was talking to the Librarian at tea a while back and the discussion turned to map digitisation. We haven’t added any maps to the …

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