03 Nov 2023
Giovanni Mariti
In his book The Island of Cyprus, written in the 1760s, Abbe Giovanni Mariti writes about the madder of …
27 Oct 2023
While Lorenzo Warriner Pease was walking through the streets of Nicosia in 1835, the city appeared a unique combination of Oriental and European architecture, of splendour and poverty.
The streets in one part of the city are long and straight and many of the houses are well built …
20 Oct 2023
Pietro della Valle was a Roman of patrician birth, who visited Cyprus in September 1625.
September 17. I returned early to our vessel and stopped on the way to see a Greek Church in the …
13 Oct 2023
Namindiu
A manuscript has surfaced lately titled “Historic and Entertaining Letters on the Past and Present Conditions of the Island of …
06 Oct 2023
Lorenzo Warriner Pease
On 23 January 1835 having secured letters of introduction from the American consul Mr. Marino Mattei for the Governor and …
29 Sep 2023
Henry Light, "Captain of the Royal Artillery" visited Cyprus in 1814 where he stayed for a short while. Very observant and curious, Light took meticulous notes of what he saw.
"Though the language of Cyprus is said to be more corrupt than of any other part of the east where …
22 Sep 2023
The Seigneur de Villamont left his home in the Duchy of Brittany in June 1588, travelled in Italy and embarked at Venice on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
"And so, conversing together we arrived at the abbey of S. Nicholas. It is close to the sea, and …
15 Sep 2023
Felix Faber, visited Cyprus twice, in 1480 and 1488. He was a Dominican monk from Ulm visiting the Holy Land.
"Wonderful is the position or location of this cross in its place. It is in a niche dimly lighted, both …
08 Sep 2023
Nicolai de Martoni, a notary from Carinola, visited Cyprus in November 1394 and was impressed by the ruins of Salamis and the references to S. Catherine.
"And because through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ Who permitted me to do so I saw all the …
01 Sep 2023
Benedetto Bordone
Benedetto Bordone was a native of Padua, an astronomer and geographer, and of great skill as an illuminator of MSS. …
25 Aug 2023
Felix Faber
Felix Faber, a Dominican monk of Ulm, made and recorded two pilgrimages to the Holy Land. He started …
18 Aug 2023
Pero Tafur
Pero Tafur, a Spaniard of illustrious lineage, travelled to Cyprus sometime between 1486 and 1489. What he saw …
11 Aug 2023
Ludolf von Suchen
In the fifteenth-century notes on Cyprus from the De Terra Sancta et Itinere Ihierosol, by Ludolf von Suchen, …
04 Aug 2023
Benedict of Peterborough
The Abbot Benedict, of Peterborough, in his Chronicle under the title Oesta Regis Henrici IL et Ricardi, describes …
28 Jul 2023
Jacobus de Verona
Jacobus de Verona, an Augustinian monk, left Verona May 7, 1835, embarked at Venice May 29, visited Gypms, preached …
21 Jul 2023
Wilhelm von Boldensele
Wilhelm von Boldensele or Boldensleeve (Otto von Neuhaus) deserted the Dominican Convent of S. Paul at Minden, and undertook in …
14 Jul 2023
Muqaddasi
The author of a journey to Syria was born in 946 and has a short reference to Cyprus:
07 Jul 2023
Magda Ohnefalsch Richter
At the close of the nineteenth century, Magda Ohnefalsch Richter, a German visitor to the island, who claims she …
30 Jun 2023
Etheldred Allen
The back of beyond offered the exotic and it was precisely this that caught the attention of Etheldred Allen, …
23 Jun 2023
Jacobus de Verona
The Augustinian monk Jacobus de Verona, in Cyprus in July 1335, was impressed by the wines which, he …
16 Jun 2023
Gladys Peto
Mrs Peto does not only immortalise the beauty of Cypriot women in her book Malta and Cyprus, 1929, …
09 Jun 2023
Esme Scott- Stevenson
The romantic Esme Scott- Stevenson, wife of Kyrenia commissioner in 1879, painted a colourful picture of a Cypriot …
02 Jun 2023
The author, Christopher Furer, a man of distinguished lineage and some learning, was born in 1541, began his travels at 21, and died in 1610.
The author, Christopher Furer, a man of distinguished lineage and some learning, was born in 1541, began his travels …
26 May 2023
William Turner, Esquire, was attached in 1812 to the staff of Sir Robert Liston, His Majesty's Ambassador to the Porte.
William Turner, Esquire, was attached in 1812 to the staff of Sir Robert Liston, His Majesty's Ambassador to the …