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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP945/1
Title:: Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi's Collection of Texts on Hindu Rites and Rituals
Scope & Content:: The material is the collection of Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi, alias Govinda Baje, 81, a descendant of an illustrious family of Rajopadhyaya Brahmins from the heart of Kathmandu Valley. The collections represent medieval texts on Shaiva Tantric rites and rituals that are distinctly pre‐modern and p...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi, Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1690-1982
Extent:: 154 files containing 7,266 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP945/1/1
Title:: पिण्ड श्राद्ध and others
Scope & Content:: MTM, MTM1: फलपिण्डविधिं, Start: श्रीगुरुगणेशायनम:॥ = अथफलपिण्ड लिख्यते॥(fol 3a, digital image 003)), End: इति फलपिंड विधि: = समाप्तम्॥ (fol 8b, digital image 008); MTM2: ऋषिछन्ड (!), Start: अथ ऋषिच्छंड॥ (fol 8b, digital image 008), End: इति ऋ(षि) added in later hand = च्छंद समाप्तम्॥ (fol ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: c 1903
Extent:: 12 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP945/1/129
Title:: श्राद्धपद्धति and others
Scope & Content:: श्राद्धपद्धति, MTM, Instructions is Sanskrit and Newari, MTM 1: श्राद्ध; Start: आचमनम्।विश्वेदेवो यजमानस्य ललाटे तिलकं कारयेत्।= सूर्यार्घम्। (fol 15, digital image 015), Fees for conducting the श्राद्ध rituals (fol 26, digital image 026); MTM 2: Stotra of प्रेतपिण्ड during एकोद्दिष्ट (fol...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: c 1982
Extent:: 38 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP951/1/2/9
Title:: Letters to Mrs Rogers and corespondance to and from Rev Edward Rogers Jnr
Scope & Content:: Letters to Mrs Rogers in the UK from islanders, Bishop of St Helena and Reverends regarding condolence letters on the death of Rev Rogers. Extent: 44 pages. Condition of original material: Some containing rust marks and faded, mostly photocopies. Last document is incomplete and has hole punche...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Feb 1926-May 1972
Extent:: 44 tif images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP955/1
Title:: Libros Sacramentales de la Catedral de Santa Clara [1690-1909]
Scope & Content:: This is one of three collections of ecclesiastical records digitised by the EAP955 project team in three different Cuban cities. Books digitised are of two main types: Baptisms and Burial Registries. The Baptismal Registries are divided by race between the "de color" (of color), and those deeme...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Latin and Spanish
Date Range:: 1690s-1900s
Extent:: 15570 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP955/1/3
Title:: Entierros de Color [1800-1887]
Scope & Content:: These bound volumes are chronologically arranged and contain information of the death and burials of individuals who the Church categorised as "of colour". Most people were classified as one of the following: de color, pardo, moreno, pardo libre, moreno libre, esclavo, indio, mulatto, etc. These...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Latin and Spanish
Date Range:: 1800-1887
Extent:: 1156 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP955/1/3/1
Title:: Libro 4 de Entierros de Color [1809-1823]
Scope & Content:: This book contains information on people buried in the city of Santa Clara from 10 November 1809 to 16 August 1823. Extent and format of original material: One bound volume. Arrangement: Organised by date of burial. Additional language information: Mainly Spanish with occasional Latin.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Latin and Spanish
Date Range:: 10 Nov 1809-16 Aug 1823
Extent:: 484 TIFF images

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