Unbound travel diary – Belgium and Germany, 1879
Reference code
FOW/01/19/07
Title
Unbound travel diary – Belgium and Germany, 1879
Date
1879
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
1 unbound notebook
Scope and content
First of 2 unbound diaries of travels in Belgium and Germany (with ES Wilson), August 1879.
Locations in Belgium and Germany include Antwerp (with detailed notes on zoological gardens), Malines, Louvain, Liege, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, Maastricht, Eekloo, Bruges.
Contents include:
* notes on local customs and meals, with a particular focus on churches;
* drawings of inscriptions and animals;
* photographs of Aix-la-Chapelle, Notre Dame Maastricht, St Paul’s Antwerp, Shrine of Holy Blood in Bruges.
Locations in Belgium and Germany include Antwerp (with detailed notes on zoological gardens), Malines, Louvain, Liege, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, Maastricht, Eekloo, Bruges.
Contents include:
* notes on local customs and meals, with a particular focus on churches;
* drawings of inscriptions and animals;
* photographs of Aix-la-Chapelle, Notre Dame Maastricht, St Paul’s Antwerp, Shrine of Holy Blood in Bruges.
Creator
Fowler, Joseph Thomas (1833-1924), clergyman, Hebrew scholar and antiquary