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EAP051/1/2/156
- Record Id:
- 040-002761478
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002759805
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023045115.0x00068a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP051/1/2/156
- Title:
- Zutfu Li Bok Njoya (Bamum Pharmacopeia)
- Scope & Content:
- Leaves: 63 + cover; Pages: 126 + cover; Measurements: 16cm x 23cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Primarily Akauku Nyiet and Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and a variety of ink colors; Condition: Good; Comments: Title “Zutfu Li Bok Njoya” translates from Shumom as “Njoya’s Pharmacopeia”) however only the title of this book is in Shumom, the rest is in the conventional Bamum language (Shumpamom); pages 81-84 in museum; some pages counted here, are blank, but have page numbers; this book was removed by Nji Musa (also known as Mfon Musa/Prince Musa) during his exile in Bamenda, and returned to the palace upon his return to Foumban; includes notes from the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project working in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings; some page numbers added by palace investigators from the middle of the twentieth century but no marks made by the BSAP, nor were the pages of this book removed from its cover or binding by the BSAP This file is currently closed
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Bamum script and archives project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002759805
033-002761322
040-002761478 - Is part of:
- EAP051/1 : Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban,…
EAP051/1/2 : Reserve Archives Collection [c 1895-1965]
EAP051/1/2/156 : Zutfu Li Bok Njoya (Bamum Pharmacopeia) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002759805[0002]/033-002761322[0156]/040-002761478
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP051/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 127 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP051-1-2-156
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bamun
- Scripts:
- Bamum
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1975
- Date Range:
- c 1896-1975
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- APRB 3155
- Information About Originals:
- The original materials are held at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamum, in the Royal Palace of the Bamum Kings, Foumban, Cameroon
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)