Subject: Religious practice - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/29/1
Title:: Quran
Scope & Content:: Handwirtten Qur'an, Incomplete. First full sura is surat al-Maryam Physical characteristics of original material: Dimensions: L 23.5 W 18.2 H 1.5. Pages missing. Extent and format of original material: handwritten manuscript, 111 folios. Custodial history: Binthari Thassim's maternal grandf...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 111 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/29/2
Title:: Note on Jibrail
Scope & Content:: Hand written notes in Malay related to the archangel Jibrail Physical characteristics of original material: Missing pages 1-4 and any pages after page 8. Written in pencil. Extent and format of original material: handwritten notes, 4 folios. Custodial history: Inherited from the maternal side, ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/32/1
Title:: Wedding Invitation
Scope & Content:: An invitation from 1940 to the wedding of a Malay couple, miss Nona Rahan Miskin and Mr. Tuan Bagoos Samut Physical characteristics of original material: Paper brown but writing legible. Extent and format of original material: invitation, one folio. Custodial history: The wedding invitation was...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1940
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/32/2
Title:: Duwas and Pathihas
Scope & Content:: Collection of prayers and recitations in Arabic, Malay and Tamil. Creation dates: copied in 1975 (possibly from an older noteobok) Physical characteristics of original material: Writing clear. Extent and format of original material: handwritten notes, 40 folios. Custodial history: Written by Gn...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1975
Extent:: 40 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP687/1
Title:: Yungdrung Bön Library Collection, Menri Monastery, Dolanji, India
Scope & Content:: A collection of Bön manuscripts and tsakali held at Yungdrung Library, Menri Monastery in Dolanji. Unfortunately, it was not possible for the cataloguing of this project was not completed. Known copies of manuscripts have been removed but there may still be some duplication within the 164 files....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1600-1950
Extent:: 37608

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1
Title:: The Monastic Archives of Däbrä Abbay (Shire region, Tigray Province, Ethiopia) [1495-1999]
Scope & Content:: Manuscripts date from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. There is sometimes an indication on the last folio of a given manuscript as to whom it was offered and by whom. Only the most recent custodial history is known, and that is of the monasteries where they presently reside.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1495-1999
Extent:: 7279 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1/1
Title:: Mäshafä salot - Book of Prayer [1495-1505]
Scope & Content:: The bookblock is repaired and resewn. Surface of all leaves is very dirty. Margins have numerous mechanical damages, tears and losses, especially in the beginning and in the end of the book. Parchment folios are hard and dark-yellowish. There are water- stains visible on folios edges in many plac...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1495-1505
Extent:: 241 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1/2
Title:: Gädlä Täklä Haymanot - Life of Täklä Haymanot [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:: The manuscript and its binding generally is in quite good condition. The bookblock - dirty on the outer margins of most folios, particular in the first few quires. The binding - in good condition with the exception of some damages of the leather in the lower corners of the boards.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1900-1999
Extent:: 158 tiff images

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