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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/75
Title:: சிவசந்திரன் சிதம்பரப்பிள்ளை சேகரிப்பு
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 7 files. It includes both witchcraft texts and medical knowledge. Extent: 1336.0. Custodial history: According to the owner of this manuscript, it is preserved by both his paternal and maternal lines. None of the 07 manuscripts could be classified as maternally preserv...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 1336

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/75/3
Title:: மாந்திரீகம்
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Point- pedro, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is estimated to be from the period between 1801- 1899. This manuscript addresses practices of magic. It included practices to disarm enemies and create attraction among men and women. It refers to s...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 68

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/2
Title:: Lumpur Collection
Scope & Content:: The Lumpur Villages holds numerous manuscripts on local legends, but most of them are not accessible to outsiders. The photocopy of the Babad Sindujoyo that was made in the 1960s is available for research. This collection contains the following 2 files: EAP1268/2/1: ꦧꦧꦠ꧀ꦲꦶꦁꦒꦿꦱꦶꦏ꧀ EAP1268/2/2...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Javanese
Date Range:: 1850-1857
Extent:: 338

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/2/2
Title:: Babad Sindujoyo
Scope & Content:: Sindujoyo was of the disciples of the legendary Javanese Islamic scholar and ruler Sunan Prapen. This manuscript turns Sindujoyo into a legendary warrior who roamed through Java from battle to battle half a century after Sunan Prapen’s death. Facing armies, winning cockfights, and riding crocodi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Javanese
Date Range:: 1850
Extent:: 199

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/3
Title:: The Panembahan Collection, Yogyakarta
Scope & Content:: This collection consists of personal correspondence, court administration and several pieces of literature. This collection contains the following 54 files: EAP1268/3/1: ꦱꦧꦺꦕꦼꦲꦸꦩꦸꦪꦸꦝ꧀/file>EAP1268/3/2: ꦫꦲꦪꦸ EAP1268/3/3: ꧉ꦠꦼꦝꦏ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ ꦤꦺꦔꦿꦺꦁꦤꦤ꧀ ꦫꦗꦒꦶꦪꦼꦩ꧀ ꦱꦧꦶꦠ꧀ꦠꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ ꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦔꦪꦸꦒꦾ EAP1268/3/4...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dutch, Indonesian, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 1830

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/3/15
Title:: ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀ꦥꦝꦭꦁꦔꦤ꧀ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ꦥꦸꦂꦮ꧉
Scope & Content:: A published rendition of a shadow puppetry (wayang) play on the death of 'Prince Paddy'. This might be a reference to the food shortage occurring under the reign of Mangkunegara VII (r. 1916-1944) amidst the Great Depression during which time this book was published.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Javanese
Date Range:: 1935
Extent:: 29

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):: EAP1268/6/1/11
Title:: Tjatatan Wafatnya Ajah
Scope & Content:: These notes explain the auspicious time of the death of the author's father.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Indonesian
Date Range:: 1964
Extent:: 48

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