Project / Collection: Digitising Malay writing in Sri Lanka / Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP609/1 / Language: Malay - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/1
Title:: B.D.K. Saldin Collection
Scope & Content:: Collection includes several manuscripts, notebooks, song book and a Malay dictionary. Materials written in Malay, Arabic, and some sections in Javanese. Most manuscripts are compendiums including charms, theological texts and stories of the prophets. Approximate dating: mid-late 19th century. So...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:: Mid 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:: 1052 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/1/5
Title:: Malay Songs and Lyrics
Scope & Content:: Small book, pink and white cover. Popular Malay songs in Sri Lankan Malay by Mansour Aarifeen Sourjah. Published 1997. Physical characteristics of original material: Includes signed dedication to B.D.K Saldin dated 15.9.1997. Extent and format of original material: book, 28 folios. Custodial hi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: 1997
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/1/7
Title:: A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang
Scope & Content:: James Howison’s A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang (London, 1800). Printed Malay-English dictionary and grammar. First pages missing, including title and publishing details. End also missing. Recently re-bound....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Malay
Date Range:: 1801
Extent:: 174 TIFF images

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