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Pātimokkha: comprising (a) transliterated text of Bhikkhu-pātimokkha, (b) extracts from Kankhāvitaraṇī, (c) English translation of Minayeff's preface to his edition, (d) English translation of Minayeff's version of Bhikkhupāṭimokkha, amd (e) extracts from Bhikkhuṇipāṭimokkha,
This unfinished dictionary (only from A to D) was probably a notebook belonging to a Chinese language learner since it includes random words which are not always exactly accurate. The layout of the content starts from an English keyword on the top and follows with a horizontal column of Chinese...
Views on the river side in the inner passage between Canton and Macao
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawing album of views of the river-side in the inner passage from Canton (now Guangzhou, China) to Macao (now Aomen, China) probably by a European artist. The album includes a list of titles (6 folios), images of landscapes (59 folios), hand-drawn maps (7 folios), and a few note s...
(A) 9 ff., in English. Accounts of the Burmese defence against British advance upriver to Prome, dated Prome 1853. (B) 4 ff., in English. Account of the British attack on Rangoon in 1852. (C) 18 ff., in Burmese. Various documents including: list of kings and officials of Hanthawaddy from 14-18...
Folios 1-36 contains very detailed genealogies of kings and royal household from 1752-1866. Folios 37-38: A memorandum on the population of Burma and revenues levied in 1860. Folios 39-53: Various English reports on an attempted rebellion in Pegu Districr in 1862. Folios 54-58: Copies of rebel o...
Vocabularies: (1) English/Burmese/Chin languages. (2) English/Burmese/Mon. Ff. 1-15 contains a vocabulary, arranged in columns and classified by subjects for English, Burmese, Mro or Khoomee and Shandoo. All entries are in English script. Ff. 16-45 contain a vocabulary for English, Burmese and ...