Al-Aqsa Mosque Library Collection of Historical Manuscripts [12th century-19th century]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript collection contains 119 Arabic language titles that span over several Islamic periods from the 9th century CE to the end of the Ottoman rule in Palestine at the beginning of the 20th century. Most of the manuscripts relate to aspects of the Islamic religion, but also cover Arabic...
Governor of St Helena, East India Company, Records [1673-1707]
Scope & Content:
The digitised documents in this collection contain records of the East India Company pertaining to St Helena, 1673-1713, comprising: Letters from England (issued by the EIC Court of Directors); Consultations by the Governor and Council of St Helena (also known as St Helena Records); and Goodwin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1673-1707
Extent:
3 series comprising 10 files containing 3165 digital images
Governor of St Helena, Crown Colony, Records [1841-1924]
Scope & Content:
The digitised documents in this collection contain records of the Crown Colony of St Helena, 1841-1924, comprising: Secretary of State Despatches 1841; Vice-Admiralty Court auction records 1846; Hussey Charity records 1865-1872; St Helena Census for 1881 and 1911; Marriage Banns 1849-1924. The o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1924
Extent:
4 series comprising 5 files containing 817 digital images
Digitisation of the endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni (Tigray, Ethiopia) [5th-20th century]
Scope & Content:
The volumes digitized may all be classified as ecclesiastical literature. One manuscript, MW041, contains an inserted miniature of the Virgin Mary and Child, dating from the 15th century. All manuscripts are written in ancient Ethiopic, known as Ge'ez.
Dambadarjaa Monastery Collection of Buddhist Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Collection contains digitized copies of 51 manuscripts from the Dambadarjaa Monastery. The texts in the manuscripts cover a range of topics including medicine, education, wisdom, local and epic history and folklore. Others provide spiritual advice or instruction for praising the gods and ment...
Manuscripts from the collection of the Center for Cham Culture Display, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Scope & Content:
Cham manuscripts. Most of the palm-leaf manuscripts were created by the Hindu Cham (Cham Balamon), while most of the paper manuscripts were created by the Muslim Cham (Cham Bani). Both types are religious manuscripts used for ritual practice.
Colonial and Ethnographic documents and transcripts, including photographs, from the collection of CC Jacobs and housed in Benue state University, Makurdi, Nigeria. [1900-1959]
Scope & Content:
Documents and transcripts. Colonial reports, correspondences, and memos as well as ethnographic reports, photos, and speeches covering the period 1900-1959.
Documents Housed in the Methodist Mission Otukpo, Benue state, Nigeria, Relating to the Beginning and Expansion of the Methodist Churc in the Benue Valley, and on the cultures of Local Communities and peoples. [1931-1955]
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous documents, including reports, correspondences, church materials, photographs, and publications.