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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP281/5/6
Title:: The story of Lord Tashe, tashe sung
Scope & Content:: The story of Lord Tashe: tashe sung. 205×115 mm; 42 pages; ms handmade, bookform, one quire and paper cover, stitched; handmade paper; black and blue ink; scribe and date unknown; condition reasonable to poor, possibly incomplete, some loose pages, ms partly illegible because of fading and water ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lepcha
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 24 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP281/5/7
Title:: Astrology: chotshât ngâk shang sá tsu
Scope & Content:: Astrology: chotshât ngâk shang sá tsu. 255×125 mm; 30 pages; ms handmade, bookform, one quire, stitched, front paper cover present, back cover missing; blue ink; scribe and date unknown; condition poor, partly illegible because of fading, some pages torn, ms incomplete; p. 13 illustration of chör...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lepcha
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 20 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP281/5/8
Title:: Various religious texts; nityu juk sá cho, mu wúng nun sá tyú júk thó ká thing wung cho, sá tyú júk thó ká thi wúng cho
Scope & Content:: Various religious texts, contains: nityu juk sá cho, mu wúng nun sá tyú júk thó ká thing wung cho, sá tyú júk thó ká thi wúng cho. 343×110 mm; 68 pages; ms handmade, bookform, one quire, stitched, loose paper cover; machinemade paper; black, red and blue ink; scribe Thilok Lepcha, p. 67 ms signed...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lepcha
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP281/5/9
Title:: Ancestral worship: thíkúng nyikúng ?ítsá rumfát
Scope & Content:: Ancestral worship: thíkúng nyikúng ?ítsá rumfát. 184×106 mm; 36 pages; ms handmade, bookform, one quire, stitched; machine made paper; black ink; scribe and date unknown; condition poor, ms eaten away by rodents, all pages damaged, making text partly illegible.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lepcha
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 22 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP281/5/10
Title:: Religious text, possibly The story of Lord Tashe: tashe sung
Scope & Content:: Religious text, possibly The story of Lord Tashe: tashe sung. 285×95 mm; 79 pages; ms handmade, pages not folded but separate, loosely stitched; machinemade paper; scribe and date unknown; condition reasonable, incomplete, last pages damaged, some traces of mould, some water, ink and dirt stains.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lepcha
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 44 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP352/1
Title:: The Surau Haji Muhammad Said Bonjol Collection [1800s to 1900s]
Scope & Content:: 12 manuscripts dealing with tasawuf (Sufi doctrine), ritual practice, history and literature of two brotherhoods: Naqshbandiyah and Shattariyah. Texts of the manuscripts are used for teaching and ritual processes as well as fiqh. Physical characteristics: European and Indonesian paper. The cond...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Javanese, Malay, and Minangkabau
Date Range:: 1800-1918
Extent:: 706 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP352/1/6
Title:: Dalail al-Khairat [19th century copy of the famous work of Shadziliyah Sheikh of the 15th cent. Muhammad al-Jazuli from Northern Africa]
Scope & Content:: The text contains different collections of hizb and normative Muslim shalawat (prayers) as well as astrological content. This work is very popular in he life of Indonesian Muslims. Physical characteristics: The size of manuscript is 14,5x20,5cm, 15 lines on the page, Dutch paper with watermark...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Minangkabau
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 246 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP352/4
Title:: Collection of Halimah, granddaughter of Sheykh Abdul Karim Amrullah (1879-1945)
Scope & Content:: Texts dealing with Islam, tasawuf (Naqshbandiyah), history of Sufi brotherhoods, astrology, Arabic grammar, Physical characteristics: The collection is mostly written on European paper, condition of some manuscripts are critical: the writings are washed, out, pages are ripped apart and rotten....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:: 1690-1911
Extent:: 3508 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP352/4/16
Title:: Ilmu Falak and Mukhtasar [beginning of the 20th century]
Scope & Content:: Two texts on astrology dealing with modern Islamic approach to astrology, carried out by Naqshbandiyah Sheikh of Sumatra. The second part (Mukhtasar) was composed by the famous Islamic authority of the 20th century in Western Sumatra, Naqshbandiyah Sheikh Muhammad Jamil Ibn Saleh al-Minangkabawi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Malay
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 38 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP756/1/43
Title:: WL-HL-NKB 069 Astrological work
Scope & Content:: Single-text manuscript containing astrological materials. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Covers added by the project team. Owner(s) of original material: (later owner) Charā Anʻʹ.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese and Pali
Date Range:: 1854
Extent:: 30 TIFF images

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