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EAP700/1
- Record Id:
- 032-003344941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003344941
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035434640.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP700/1
- Title:
- Jaffna Bishop’s House Collection, Sri Lanka [1850-1930]
- Scope & Content:
- The collection consists of manuscripts (with some printed documents) dated from 1850 to 1930. They relate the history of the missions or describe the day to day administrative and managerial activities of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate missionaries (O.M.I.). The French congregation of the O.M.I. was mandated by the British authorities in Sri Lanka, by mid nineteenth century, to reorganise the Catholic communities of the northern half of the island – whereas the southern half was attributed to the Jesuits. Except the few printed books, all the other documents (manuscripts) had been hand-written by the Missionaries. These manuscripts contain an average of 250 up to 750 pages each. Time to time some printed materials (paper-cuttings, circular letters..) are inserted. Most of the manuscripts were written in French, - but occasionally also in English, Tamil, and Sinhala. We have digitised 58 such manuscripts. Extent, format and physcial characteristics of original material: 21 files.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preservation of the manuscripts of the Jaffna Bishop's House, Sri Lanka
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003344941", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP700/1: Jaffna Bishop’s House Collection, Sri Lanka [1850-1930]" },{ "id" : "036-003344942", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/1: 1. Historical Relations [1850-1930]" },{ "id" : "040-003344943", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/1: Father Jacques Batayron obituary notes [16 Aug 1898]" },{ "id" : "040-003344944", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/2: Codex Historicus [1893-1901]" },{ "id" : "040-003344945", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/3: Codex Historicus [1915]" },{ "id" : "040-003344946", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/4: Codex Historicus [1917-1918]" },{ "id" : "040-003344947", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/5: Codex Historicus Sancti Caroli of Jaffna [1902-1918]" },{ "id" : "040-003344948", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/6: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Pontificate of Mgr Semeria - 4th copy / Vol 2 [1860-1865]" },{ "id" : "040-003344949", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/7: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Pontificate of Mgr Semeria. 4th copy / Vol 3. 2nd part (continuation) [1864-1873]" },{ "id" : "040-003344950", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/8: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Pontificate of Mgr Bonjean. 4th copy / Vol 3. 3rd part (Continuation) [1874-1883]" },{ "id" : "040-003344951", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/9: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Pontificate of Mgr Melizan. 4th copy / Vol 5. 4th part [1883-1893]" },{ "id" : "040-003344952", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/10: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Pontificate of Mgr Bonjean. 3rd part / Vol 2 [1877-1883]" },{ "id" : "040-003344953", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/11: History of our establishing in Ceylon, Vol 1. - by Fr. Semeria [1847-]" },{ "id" : "040-003344954", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/12: Beginnings of OMI Missions in Ceylan - by Fr. Semeria. Vol 2 [1853-1861]" },{ "id" : "040-003344955", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/13: Codex Historicus of the Jaffna Diocese, 2nd Vol [1902-1908]" },{ "id" : "040-003344956", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/14: Codex Historicus of the Jaffna Diocese, 3rd Vol. [1902]" },{ "id" : "040-003344957", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/15: Events related to various activities of the members of the mission. Memoirs [1911]" },{ "id" : "040-003344958", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/16: Events related to various activities of the members of the mission. Historical relations. Codex [1912]" },{ "id" : "040-003344959", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/17: Events related to various activities of the members of the mission. Historical relations. Codex [1913]" },{ "id" : "040-003344960", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/18: Events related to various activities of the members of the mission. Historical relations. Codex [1914]" },{ "id" : "040-003344961", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/19: Report on the churches in Mantotta [1850-1900]" },{ "id" : "040-003344962", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/20: Mgr Semeria's Journal [1847-1861]" },{ "id" : "040-003344963", "parent" : "036-003344942", "text" : "EAP700/1/1/21: The Jaffna Diocese & the OMIs. 1st part. Pontificate of Mgr Bettachini [1845-1867]" },{ "id" : "036-003344964", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/2: 2. Letters [1848-1893]" },{ "id" : "040-003344965", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/1: Letters written by Melizan [1884-1888]" },{ "id" : "040-003344966", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/2: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1848-1861]" },{ "id" : "040-003344967", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/3: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1861]" },{ "id" : "040-003344968", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/4: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1857-1871]" },{ "id" : "040-003344969", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/5: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1871-1875]" },{ "id" : "040-003344970", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/6: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1873-1882]" },{ "id" : "040-003344971", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/7: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1869-1885]" },{ "id" : "040-003344972", "parent" : "036-003344964", "text" : "EAP700/1/2/8: The Jaffna Diocese and the OMI - Supplement, containing letters & documents [1885-1893]" },{ "id" : "036-003344973", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/3: 3. Account books" },{ "id" : "040-003344974", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/1: Account book [1903-1910]" },{ "id" : "040-003344975", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/2: Account book [1911-1912] The Jaffna Diocese" },{ "id" : "040-003344976", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/3: Account book [1913-1925]" },{ "id" : "040-003344977", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/4: Account book [1930-1935] The Jaffna Diocese" },{ "id" : "040-003344978", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/5: Account book [1936-1941] Mission de St James, Jaffna" },{ "id" : "040-003344979", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/6: Account book [1875-1878] House of Jaffna" },{ "id" : "040-003344980", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/7: Accountancy book of Fr. Casenave, Point-Pedro [1883-1884]" },{ "id" : "040-003344981", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/8: Account book [1882-1909]" },{ "id" : "040-003344982", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/9: Account book [1847-1939]" },{ "id" : "040-003344983", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/10: Account book [1891-1916]" },{ "id" : "040-003344984", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/11: Account book [1895-1908]" },{ "id" : "040-003344985", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/12: Account book [1921-1929]" },{ "id" : "040-003344986", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/13: Account book [1919-1920]" },{ "id" : "040-003344987", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/14: Account book [1921-1922]" },{ "id" : "040-003344988", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/15: Account book [1875-1886]" },{ "id" : "040-003344989", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/16: Account book [1920-1925]" },{ "id" : "040-003344990", "parent" : "036-003344973", "text" : "EAP700/1/3/17: Account book [1872-1904] Churches of Navanthurai, Navalay, St James and Suthumalai" },{ "id" : "036-003344991", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/4: 4.Catalogue [1851-1904]" },{ "id" : "040-003344992", "parent" : "036-003344991", "text" : "EAP700/1/4/1: Catalogue of letters. Diocese of Jaffna-Archives-Letters. 3rd volume [1857-1904]" },{ "id" : "040-003344993", "parent" : "036-003344991", "text" : "EAP700/1/4/2: Catalogue of letters. General Catalogue of the Archives of the Jaffna Diocese. 1st Register [1858-1881]" },{ "id" : "040-003344994", "parent" : "036-003344991", "text" : "EAP700/1/4/3: Catalogue of letters. General Catalogue of the Archives of the Jaffna Diocese. 2nd Register [1851-1893]" },{ "id" : "036-003344995", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/5: 5. Sermons and Commentaries [1850-1900]" },{ "id" : "040-003344996", "parent" : "036-003344995", "text" : "EAP700/1/5/1: Commentaries from Tamil texts [19th Century]" },{ "id" : "040-003344997", "parent" : "036-003344995", "text" : "EAP700/1/5/2: Sermons [1860s]" },{ "id" : "040-003344998", "parent" : "036-003344995", "text" : "EAP700/1/5/3: Sermons [1850-1900]" },{ "id" : "036-003344999", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/6: 6. Printed documents [1897-1914]" },{ "id" : "040-003345000", "parent" : "036-003344999", "text" : "EAP700/1/6/1: Biography. Mgr Bonjean, First Archbishop of Colombo [1910]" },{ "id" : "040-003345001", "parent" : "036-003344999", "text" : "EAP700/1/6/2: Pastoral Letters [1904-1914]" },{ "id" : "040-003345002", "parent" : "036-003344999", "text" : "EAP700/1/6/3: The Oblates and the 1894 Draft Act on Marriage [1896]" },{ "id" : "040-003345003", "parent" : "036-003344999", "text" : "EAP700/1/6/4: Report of the Oblates, France [1850-1961]" },{ "id" : "036-003345004", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/7: 7. Matrimonial [1889-1898]" },{ "id" : "040-003345005", "parent" : "036-003345004", "text" : "EAP700/1/7/1: Matrimonial register [1889-1898]" },{ "id" : "036-003345006", "parent" : "032-003344941", "text" : "EAP700/1/8: 8. Statistics [1929]" },{ "id" : "040-003345007", "parent" : "036-003345006", "text" : "EAP700/1/8/1: Statistics of the Diocese of Jaffna [1929]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003344941
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP700/1/1 : 1. Historical Relations [1850-1930]
EAP700/1/2 : 2. Letters [1848-1893]
EAP700/1/3 : 3. Account books
EAP700/1/4 : 4.Catalogue [1851-1904]
EAP700/1/5 : 5. Sermons and Commentaries [1850-1900]
EAP700/1/6 : 6. Printed documents [1897-1914]
EAP700/1/7 : 7. Matrimonial [1889-1898]
EAP700/1/8 : 8. Statistics [1929]
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- 032-003344941
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP700/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 16,944 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP700-1 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French
Latin
Sinhalese
Tamil - Scripts:
- Latin
Sinhala
Tamil - Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 1850-1930
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 9.65706
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 80.02299
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Custodial History:
- The digital images in this collection were created as part of the 'EAP700: Preservation of the manuscripts of the Jaffna Bishop's House (1850-1930)' project. The project digitised records held by Jaffna Bishop's House, Sri Lanka.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from project holder, May 2016 (Accession record EAP700/1)
- Arrangement:
- There is no systematic cataloguing system. Some of the manuscripts contain a reference number, pasted on the cover or at the back of the register. In few cases, the referece number is followed by a short tiile. The reference number and the title were given by the ‘curator – librarian’ of the Bishop’s House at the beginning of the 20th Century.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP700 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme
- Information About Copies:
- Copies of the material are held at, Jaffna Bishop's House; Saint -Francis-Xavier Seminary; the OMI: Alliance Française de Jaffna; UMR 7528 Mondes iranien et indien, France
- Information About Originals:
- Original records are located at Jaffna Bishop’s House, Sri Lanka
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)