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Pilgrimage - General
GB 891 WR-WR/13 · Series · 1972 - 1991
Part of Papers of William Roff

Articles and Notes about Pilgrimage collated by Roff:

  • 'The Center Out There: Pilgrim's Goal' by Victor Turner, from History of Religion XII, (1972/73), 191-230, photocopy of article with one page of handwritten notes.
  • 'Ritual: The Dhikr' by Michael Gilseman, from Saint and Sufi in Modern Egypt: An essay in the sociology of religion, Oxford University Press, 1973, photocopy.
  • 'Islamization, "Communitas", Symbols, and Institutional Structures: A Summary' by William R. Roff, from Islam in Southern Asia: A Survey of Current Research, Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1975, photocopy.
  • 'The Ideology of Maraboutism' by Dale F. Eickelman, from Moroccan Islam: tradition and society in a pilgrimage center, Austin & Lander, University of Texas press, 1976, photocopy.
  • 'Quest and the Meaning of Pilgrimage', draft article by Barbara Nimri Aziz, presented at the Pilgrimage and the Concept of the Holy, Tenth ICAES Congress, New Delhi, 10-12 December, 1978, typed.
  • 'New Perspectives on Pilgrimage: Mapping Pilgrimage in the Himalayas' by Barbara Nimri Aziz, typed.
  • Index and front pages for 'Contesting the sacred: The anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage', edited by John Eade and Michael J. Sallnow, Routledge, 1991, photocopy.
  • Research notes, handwritten and photocopy.
Roff William R. 1929-2013
GB 891 WST-WST/1-WST/1/3-WST/1/3/10 · Item · 18th May 1862 - 1st Jul 1863
Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

Three pencil and ink drawings of pilaster ornaments from Caves No. 37, 69 and 76. The drawings are date 18th May 1862, included however is a note on the similarity of ornamentation between Cave No. 37 and pilasters at Cave No. 59 which is dated 1st July 1863. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

West Arthur Anderson Engineer
Photos of Himal-races
GB 891 BHH-BHH/11-BHH/11/15 · File · 1854 - 1879
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"Photos of Himal-races". List of photographs of different ethnic tribes of the Himalayas. Single piece of papers enclosed within a large paper folded as a packet which also has similar list written on it. Also enclosed is a newspaper header for The Bengal Hurkaru for 27 May 1854 on which Hodgson has written "Nepal series No. 1 to 26 Besides duplicates. Nov 79". Handwritten and printed material, 3 pieces, dated 1854-1879.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist