Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Architecture - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/67/5
Title:: மந்திரம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The period, author of this manuscript is unknown but it is estimated to be from the period between 1901-1950. This manuscript is about magical practices. This book contains mantras related to rituals. These mantras a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1901-1950
Extent:: 28

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/72
Title:: கணபதி வேலன் சேகரிப்பு
Scope & Content:: There are 8 files in this collection. Ammanai, mythology, and birth charts are all included in the collection. Extent: 476.0. Custodial history: This manuscript lies in the protection of a katadi (rural worshiper in village temples) who currently resides in Amplantura, Batticaloa. It is under ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1901-2001
Extent:: 476

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/72/4
Title:: வற்றாப்பளை அம்மன் காவியம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled Vaṟṟāppaḷai am'maṉ kāviyam from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The period of this manuscript is unknown but it is estimated to be from the period between 1901- 1950. This palmleaf manuscript is an epic text. Srī Viṣṉu Kāviyam and Vaṟṟāppalaiy...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1901-1950
Extent:: 22

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/73
Title:: நகுலேஸ்வரன் செல்லையா சேகரிப்பு
Scope & Content:: There are two files in this collection. It contains Kanagi and Kovalan's tale and mantras. Extent: 96.0. Custodial history: This manuscript collection is now in the custody of a retired principal, Nakuleswaran Chelliah, who lives in Amplanthurai, Batticaloa. This collection of manuscript conta...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1901-1950
Extent:: 96

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/73/1
Title:: கண்ணகையம்மன் குளிர்த்திக் காவியம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled kaṇṇakaiyammaṉ kuḷirttik kāviyam, from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Since the pages are in deteriarated state, the writer and period of this manuscript is unknown but it is estimated to be from the period between 1901- 1950. This palmleaf man...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1901-1950
Extent:: 38

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6
Title:: The Wirobrajan Collection, Yogyakarta
Scope & Content:: This collection runs the gamut from Chinese epics to cookbooks. It covers the administration of several small entrepreneurs, often of Chinese origin. It also contain notebooks from colonial schools for indigenous and Oriental (often Chinese or Arab) students and Chinese schools which were abolis...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:: 1899-2000
Extent:: 18288

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6/2/5
Title:: [Notes on Islamic Prayers]
Scope & Content:: This notebook contains advice on how to conduct the Islamic prayers, including instructions on how to use the mosque drum (bedhug).
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Javanese
Date Range:: Mid 20th century
Extent:: 32

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6/5
Title:: Administration of the Chinese-Indonesian handyman, Lím Giok Sing
Scope & Content:: This series contains the following 8 files: EAP1268/6/5/1: ꦧꦸꦧꦸꦏ EAP1268/6/5/2: Memoriaal EAP1268/6/5/3: [Accounts of an Indo-Chinese Carpenter] EAP1268/6/5/4: [Designs of an Indo-Chinese Carpenter] EAP1268/6/5/5: [Account Book] EAP1268/6/5/6: [Account Book II] EAP1268/6/5/7: 6/9 1939 EA...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:: 1899-2000
Extent:: 550

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6/5/3
Title:: [Accounts of an Indo-Chinese Carpenter]
Scope & Content:: Notes on measurements, payments, and designs for furniture, houses and drainage. The Chinese-Indonesian handyman, Lím Giok Sing, to whom these accounts belong, was not only a carpenter but also an engineer of sorts. Among his most striking assignments was one for delivering temple-stones from the...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 68

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