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Place Pesalai, Sri Lanka

1. EAP981/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1
Title:
Jaffna Bishop’s House Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection contains diverse types of documents; handwritten, bound registers and account books; letters and correspondence; and printed books and paper clippings. They cover the period between 1775 and 1948. They consist of rare documents like personal memoirs; chronicles; account books; co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1999
Extent:
111,196 TIFF images

2. EAP981/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1
Title:
Letters and Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This series contains letters and varieties of documents. They bear testimony of the activity and functioning of the Jaffna Diocese, also on pilgrimage and festivals, public instruction, various reports to the Bishop's office and to the government, purchase of land, schools etc. This series cont...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1857-1947
Extent:
42,642 TIFF images

3. EAP981/1/1/80

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1/80
Title:
Correspondence and documents related to Pesalai (1910-1912)
Scope & Content:
1910-1912. Unbound collection of correspondence and documents related to Pesalai. Physical characteristics: 36 x 24 cm size. Author(s): Several authors. Scribe: Not mentioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1910-1912
Extent:
127 TIFF images

4. EAP981/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/2
Title:
Sermons Documents
Scope & Content:
This series contains preparatory copies for sermons, preaches for retreats, commentaries on Tamil writings. These writings are in French, often with Sinhala or Tamil terminology inside the French text. This series contains the following 37 files: EAP981/1/2/1: Sermons, prayers, retreats, descri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1868-1934
Extent:
8,613 TIFF images

5. EAP981/1/2/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/2/10
Title:
Tamil sermons, Pesalai (1905)
Scope & Content:
1905. Tamil sermons, Pesalai, numbered from 64 to 91. Contains an index in French at the end. Physical characteristics: 21.5 x 17.5 cm size. Author(s): Not mentioned. Scribe: Not metioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French and Tamil
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
192 TIFF images