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The Trustees of the J.B. Harley Research Fellowships Trust Fund are pleased to announce the eighth series of awards, offering support at a rate of £250 per week. The fellowships are designed to assist research in the London map collections:-

Dr Lisa Davis Allen (University of Texas at Tyler, College of Arts & Sciences, United States) 'Abraham Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum": frontispiece and author's portrait, variation of color palettes in multiple language editions' (2 weeks).

Dr Gretchen E Gaynor (Independent scholar, United States) 'John Dee's scientific contribution as a geographer and cartographer' (3 weeks).

Dr Giuseppe Ragone (Universitá degli Studi "Roma Tre", Dipartimento di Studi sul Mondo Antico, Rome, Italy) 'Critical edition of, and historical commentary on, Cristoforo Buondelmonti's "Liber insularum Archipelagi": the manuscripts preserved in London collections' (3 weeks).

January 2002