Subject: Birth - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6/4/3/35
Title:: Ademhaling
Scope & Content:: Notes on fertility, pregnancy and child-birth used for lectures at Medical School.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: 1936
Extent:: 48

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6/4/3/36
Title:: Pempriksaan
Scope & Content:: Notes on fertility, pregnancy and child-birth used for lectures at Medical School which also contains information on how to deal with local shaman. For instance, the warning: "prevent the shaman from checking the inside of vaginas with their fingers" which reveals some of the tension between medi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: 1936
Extent:: 48

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1268/6/4/3/37
Title:: [no. 59]
Scope & Content:: Notes on fertility, pregnancy and child-birth used for lectures at Medical School.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: 1936
Extent:: 52

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2
Title:: Villiampākkam collection
Scope & Content:: These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, temple rites, Śaiva praise verses, vedic etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 78 bundles of palm-leaf manuscripts. Condition of original material: Many of the palm-leaf manuscripts that co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam, Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 7788 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/33
Title:: Stotrapāṭhaṃ
Scope & Content:: This bundle contains the text of a few praise poems, and possibly the birth charts (horoscope) of a few people. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 27 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 42.5 Cm x H 2.5 Cm. Condition of original material: This seems like a composite ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/44
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit (in the Telugu script)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems lie a ritual text in Sanskrit, which also figures personal birth charts (horoscopic charts), in the Telugu script. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 228 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 31 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 6 cm. Con...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 230 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/2
Title:: Akshesvar Mahavihara Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection is predominantly a Buddhist collection, However, quite a few Mss are Hindu texts. This collection is one of the important Buddhist collection in Nepal. It has both 'Buddha Vachana [Sutra and Tantra]' and 'Shastra' [commentarial] texts. This collection was created after donation o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1400-1999
Extent:: 11998

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/2/13
Title:: वृहतजातकमाला
Scope & Content:: Jatakamala is literally the garland of birth stories of the Buddha. It is the extended version of the book that deals with stories of Buddha's previous births. Extent: 1 Vol. of Ms. Containing 315 folios. Condition of original material: Good. Original institution reference: Accession number g...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 315

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/2/148
Title:: जातकर्म विधि
Scope & Content:: This is a birth ritual manual. Extent: 1 Vol. of Ms. Containing 11 folios. Condition of original material: Good. Original institution reference: Accession number given.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 11

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1299/2
Title:: Monasterio Jesus, María y José (Clarisas Capuchinas)
Scope & Content:: The history of the monastery dates back to the 17th century when a couple used a house to take in orphaned children and abandoned youth. Him, born in Chiclayo and a tailor by profession, was called Nicolás Ayllón; his wife's name was María Jacinta Montoya. Over time, they became known as Nicolás...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Latin and Spanish
Date Range:: 1600-1899
Extent:: 11228

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