Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1745 - 1795 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 bound volume mostly handwritten
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
H.S. Osbourne joined the Bombay Infantry in 1788. By 1837 he had become a Major-General and in 1854 became a General.
Histoire archivistique
The manuscript passed from J. De Santos to H.S. Osbourne in 1795. No further custodial history is known.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The source of acquisition is unknown.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
"Diccionario Grandonico Malabar Portvguez" - a dictionary of Malayalam and Sanskrit words written in Malayalam script, explained in Portugese. The title page is printed and dates the book to Verapoly, 1745. A Malayalam and English inscription on the title page states that the book was purchased by Lieut. M.S. Osbourne from J. de Santos, Sheristadar, of Tellicherry Adaulatt, in 1795. The volume is bound with marbled cover. The front board is loose from the spine. With the book is a typed label with an identifying description.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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System of arrangement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Language of material
- anglais
- portugais
- sanskrit
- malayalam
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Osbourne H.S. (Sujet)
Mots-clés - Genre
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Identifiant du service d'archives
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Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.