[MapHist] Cairo library burnt
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + With people once more dying in Cairo, there are major human concerns. However, of relevance to this list are the following extracts from a CNN report: 213-year-old [i.e. 1798] Egyptian maps and historical manuscripts -- described as irreplaceable -- were destroyed after a library in Cairo was set ablaze during the clashes, officials said ... Egypt's Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri, appointed by the military earlier this month, condemned the library attack, which he called an arson committed by the protesters who portrayed no patriotism in protecting the symbols of the historical civilization of this nation. The 200,000-book library is called the Scientific Center. Destroyed in the fire were the original manuscript of the description of Egypt and irreplaceable maps and historical manuscripts preserved by many generations since the building of the Scientific Center in August 1798 during the French Campaign, Ganzouri said in a statement. Egypt lost a piece of its national treasure and its rare history, the prime minister said. The library was a scene of intense confrontation Saturday. A dozen men dressed in military uniform were positioned on the library roof and threw cement blocks and rocks on the protesters and sprayed them with water hoses to push them away from the building. But protesters hurled back rocks as well as Molotov cocktails. Then a massive explosion erupted, apparently originating from inside the building, and black smoke billowed. Firefighters were busy putting out another fire in a nearby building. Protesters were bleeding from rocks thrown at them. At least one demonstrator was unaware that the structure was a library containing historical documents. We had no idea it was a library. We love our country. Why were the military thugs on the rooftop of the building in the first place, throwing debris and rocks at us? They destroyed it, not us, and now they will use it to turn public opinion against us and label us thugs, said Ahmed Ali, a student and activist involved in the clashes. Since when are buildings or manuscripts more important than the lives of humans? he added. Tahrir Supplies, a group that provides medical care to Egyptians injured in Tahrir Square clashes, publicly asked protesters to return any books or maps taken from the library and deposit them at a nearby church. But such a book return appeared daunting Saturday as the neighborhood was embroiled in clashes. Tony Campbell i...@tonycampbell.info ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
[MapHist] Newberry Library
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Dear Maphist, anybody of you is actually employed in the Newberry Library of Chicago which preserves the Franco Novacco Map Collection? I would be very useful for me to have an advise on the library services. Thanks, Mariarosa Cesari ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
Re: [MapHist] Newberry Library
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Dear Mariarosa, I don't work in the Newberry Library, but I have done a lot of work in their ancient maps department, which until recently was so competently headed by Robert W. Karrow. The holdings are truly extensive, and there is a separate catalog on the premises for the collection. It is, I believe, the same catalolg which was semi-published, if I may say that, as typescript leaves, in 1970, as follows: Newberry Library, Chicago. Franco Novacco Collection. Franco Novacco Collection of Sixteenth Century Separately Printed Italian Maps Purchased by Newberry Library, Summer 1967. Chicago, 1970. (136 leaves/31 cm) This catalog also exists in the form of microfilm, and you may be able to order a copy of it from the library. I have a copy of the catalog on film, but my wife and I recently moved, and it is among the things which have not yet resurfaced in our new dwelling, and, in any event, I don't have immediately available to me facilities to have a copy of the film made for you. But you should know that the Newberry has a public online catalog of its map holdings which is very easy to use, and is very comprehensive, including all the Newberry's Novacco holdings, as well as its Ayer Collection holdings, and other maps, and can be searched by author, subject and title. It is called the Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog: map catalog and bibliography of the history of cartography, and its URL is: [http://www.biblioserver.com/newberry/]. Finally, you should also be aware that the maps which Franco Novacco, a lawyer from Trieste, if my memory serves me well, sold to the Newberry, represent what one could call the first Novacco collection. After the sale, Mr. Novacco began collecting 16th century Italian maps again, and in 1986 in Milan a book was published, edited by Valeria and Piero Bella, titled Cartografia Rara: Antiche carte geografiche, topografiche e storiche dalla collezione Franco Novacco (163 pp). It contains rather good reproductions of 148 maps from the second Novacco collection. I know nothing of the present disposition of this second Novacco collection. Doug --- On Sun, 12/18/11, Mariarosa CESARI mrosa.ces...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mariarosa CESARI mrosa.ces...@gmail.com Subject: [MapHist] Newberry Library To: maphist@geo.uu.nl Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 11:25 AM This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Dear Maphist, anybody of you is actually employed in the Newberry Library of Chicago which preserves the Franco Novacco Map Collection? I would be very useful for me to have an advise on the library services. Thanks, Mariarosa Cesari ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
Re: [MapHist] Newberry Library
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + On 12/18/2011 1:25 PM, Douglas Sims wrote: This catalog also exists in the form of microfilm, and you may be able to order a copy of it from the library. I have a copy of the catalog on film, but my wife and I recently moved, and it is among the things which have not yet resurfaced in our new dwelling, and, in any event, I don't have immediately available to me facilities to have a copy of the film made for you. I believe you can directly link much of the description of the cataloged collection (without images): http://www.biblioserver.com/newberry/index.php?m=searchid=ftype=dataq=franco%20novacco%20map%20collection. Joel Kovarsky ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
