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Published as number 65 in P.WashU.II;
1 papyrus fragment 3.1 x 1.3;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Scope note: This small fragment appears to be from Andocides, On the Mysteries, 70.;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored…

Published as number 99 in P.WashU.II;
1 papyrus fragment 11.1 x 7.6;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
Scope note: An order to deliver wine. The…

Published as number 92 in P.WashU.II;
1 papyrus fragment 11.5 x 15.7;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
Scope note: An account of rent payments.

Published as number 91 in P.WashU.II;
1 papyrus fragment 7.7 x 9.5;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
Scope note: This is a private account in…

Published as number 88 in P.WashU.II;
1 papyrus fragment 18.6 x 11.6;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
Scope note: The recto has three receipts…

Published as number 106 in P.WashU.II;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project;
Scope note: This is a private letter from a Dionysia to her brother…

Published with join linking to P.Vindob.Worp 2 as number 77 in P.WashU.II;
1 papyrus fragment 7 x 7.2;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
Scope…

The map of the Netherlands that you see here was cut (prior to our care) from the fourth volume of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior completed in 1642. The copper plate used to make this impression was that of his father's and dates from 26 March 1608. This…

During the seventeenth century the people of the seventeen united provinces of the Netherlands experienced a period of tremendous economic prosperity. As a water-logged society with few land-based natural resources of their own, the Dutch developed…

Blaeu studied under the celebrated Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) and became a globe and scientific instrument maker. He later expanded his business to include map, chart, and book publishing. After the initial success of his marine…