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Italian tour journal

An incomplete journal describing part of a tour of Italy, 12 October-9 December [1822] (watermark 1813); the writer is unknown but does not appear to be Thomas Prior.
The journal begins in Fiorenz[u]ola [d'Arda], 12 October, with the writer and his party then moving on to Parma (ff. 1 verso-2), Bologna (f. 2 recto-verso), Florence (ff. 3 verso-5 verso), Terni (ff. 7 verso-8), Rome, 5-17 November (ff. 10-11) and Naples (ff. 13 verso), arriving on 23 November. The volume ends with an account of an ascent of Vesuvius on 9 December (ff. 14-16), including a sketch of the mountain (f. 15).

Diary

  • NLW MS 21688A.
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  • 1839-1841, [1858]

The diary, 1839-1841, of Sarah Pahud (née Walker), daughter of a Dolgellau family and wife of Henri Pahud, a Swiss born Paris businessman. The diary is written in English and French.
Pahud describes her honeymoon tour with her husband through France (English, pp. 1-8), Italy (French, pp. 8-30), Switzerland (French, pp. 31-46) and Germany (French, pp. 46-51), April-June 1839; a journey from Paris to Manchester via Dover and London, October 1839 (French, pp. 52-56); and a visit to her family in Dolgellau, travelling via Paris, London and Chester and returning via Birmingham and London, June-September 1841 (English, pp. 56-96). She also visits friends in Barmouth (pp. 75-79) and Ruthin (pp. 80-87) and describes the consecration service of St David's Chapel, Denbigh, 27 August 1841 (pp. 84-85). There are references to Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, with an eyewitness account of Chopin's perceived state of health, 3 May 1839 (pp. 7-8). There are also a few further miscellaneous memoranda, [1858] (ff. 114, 184).

Pahud, Sarah, 1815-

Journal

Journal, 1 September 1853-28 December 1854, 10 April-3 June 1855, of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber), in Canford, Dowlais, London, France and Italy.
Also included are loose notes for a journal, 1858-1860 (9 ff.).

Journals of tours

Journals of Joan Denny describing a tour in Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy, August-October 1878 (MS 23404A, pp. 1-80; MS 23405A, pp. 1-130), and a visit to Vienna, Munich and Nuremberg, May 1880 (MS 23405A, pp. 131-154).

Joan Denny (later Thomas).

Journal

Journal, April 1887-November 1888, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Bournemouth, London, Uffington and Canford, and in Italy.

Travel diary

A notebook containing a diary by Raymond Garlick, 24 July-17 August 1950, recording his pilgrimage with his wife Elin from Wales to Rome, via France and Italy, during the Holy Year of 1950 (ff. 3-31, rectos only). The couple travelled mainly by hitch-hiking.
Garlick also collected stamps and signatures from various religious houses and churches on the route for an 'Ecclesiastical Passport' (ff. 86-90 verso, inverted text). Pasted into the volume are letters of introduction from the Bishop of Menevia and the Garlicks' parish priest in Pembroke Dock (inside front and back covers). Also included is a draft of Garlick's editorial for Dock Leaves, No. 3 (Michaelmas 1950), 1-5, drawing on his travels to give his impressions of France and Italy (ff. 43-51). Miscellaneous items of ephemera found loose in the volume have been tipped in on empty leaves (ff. 32-38); these relate to the pilgrimage, except for two receipts from a visit to Spain in August 1951 (ff. 37-38).

Diary

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1991, with one week to a view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 8 verso-60 verso).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 11 verso-54 passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 15 verso, 16 verso, 18, 19 verso, 20 verso, 33 verso, 59), Tony Conran (f. 18 verso), Daniel Huws (ff. 23 verso, 25), Gareth Wardell (f. 29 verso), Roland Mathias (ff. 31 verso, 32 verso, 47 verso, 53) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 32 verso). It also describes a visit to Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12-16 April (ff. 23 recto-verso) and a cruise, 3-18 September, of the Eastern Mediterranean, calling at various locations in Greece, Turkey and Italy (ff. 43 verso-45 verso).

'Souvenirs d'Italie',

Journal of Maria Elizabeth Thomas, containing a description of her travels in Italy, 1820, visiting Genoa, Sienna and Florence; a translation from the Italian of Act 1 of Alfieri's tragedy, Philip II; and a transcript of a story in German; with an engraving of Whichelo's 'Destruction of Jerusalem' [watermark 1822] pasted inside the back cover.

Maria Elizabeth Thomas.

Journal of a tour,

A journal of Henry Richard's tour, with his wife and Mr and Mrs Bishop, in Switzerland and Italy, September 1880, and of a journey in Italy, August-September 1883.

Henry Richard.

Journals of continental tours,

Journals kept by Frances (Fanny) Williams Wynn during tours in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy, 1833-1840. Some of the journals contain engravings and original sketches.

Williams-Wynn, Frances, 1773-1857

Dyddiadur,

Yn cynnwys sylwadau achlysurol rhwng 1 Ionawr 1949 a 23 Rhagfyr 1958 mewn llyfr nodiadau gan gynnwys ei gyfnod yn astudio yn Yr Eidal, 1951-1952.

Photograph album of Italy,

Photograph album containing a small number of photographs taken by Gareth Jones during his visit to Italy in 1922. Also includes photographs of Mount Vesuvius. There are also a few photographs of members of the family.

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