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GB 891 RAS PUB1-RAS PUB1/1-RAS PUB1/1/1 · File · 13th Dec 1951 - 14th Apr 1977
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Publications: Minutes of the Publications Committee and the Monograph Editorial Board

The signed Minutes of the Editorial Board from 13th December 1951 until 12th December 1968, and of the Publications Committee from 13th February 1969 to 14 April 1977. These are handwritten into or typed and pasted into a lined notebook with a green cover.

Throughout the period of the Editorial Board the President of the Society chaired the Committee. These were Richard Winstedt, Gerard Clauson, Sir Harold Bailey, and Charles Beckingham. The Publications Committee was chaired either by the President or the Director. These were J. Burton-Page, B.W. Robinson, A.D.H. Bivar, Stuart Simmonds, K.A. Ballhatchet, and Charles Beckingham again.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward VII
GB 891 RAS GOV3-RAS GOV3/4 · Series · 1901
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Royal Patronage

Letter from Edward VII to the Royal Asiatic Society to express his thanks for the Address laid before him from the Society expressing loyalty and devotion to his Throne and Person and their sympathy concerning the death of Queen Victoria.

Edward VII King of Great Britain 1841-1910
Edward VIII
GB 891 RAS GOV3-RAS GOV3/6 · Series · 18th Jun 1936
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Royal Patronage

Letter from Colonel Clive Wigram, Keeper of the Privy Purse, to the President of the Royal Asiatic Society to inform that His Majesty has agreed to grant his Patronage to the Society.

Buckingham Palace
Egypt, March 1965
GB 891 QW-QW/7-QW/7/9 · File · Mar 1965
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

"Egypt (with break of journey in Rome on return) March 1965. Tour by H.G.Q.W. and D.C.Q.W. March 7th-30th, 1965" - typed itinerary of their tour, 2 pieces, 2 sides.

Eight Ceramic Fragments
GB 891 QW-QW/13-QW/13/11 · File
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

Eight ceramic pieces probably from the site P.B.1 as they all are marked with these initials written in ink. They form:

  • QW/13/11-1 - Two pieces of glazed ceramic bowl. The glaze is a grey-green colour. Dimensions (when 2 pieces reassembled) 10cm by 8cm. The glaze is partially cracked and the pieces are marked P.B.1 and Sung.
  • QW/13/11-2 - Two pieces of glazed ceramic plate. The glaze is a grey-green colour. Dimensions (when reassembled) 9.4cm by 7.8cm. The pieces are marked P.B.1.Y.
  • QW/13/11-3 - A piece of green glazed ceramic bowl. Dimensions 10cm by 6.5cm. It is marked P.B.1 and Sung.
  • QW/13/11-4 - A piece of green glazed ceramic plate. Dimensions 8.5cm by 7cm. It is marked P.B.1.fq.
  • QW/13/11-5 - A piece of grey-green glazed ceramic plate. Dimensions 9cm by 7cm. It is marked P.B.1.
  • QW/13/11-6 - A broken piece of grey-green glazed ceramic plate. Dimensions 4cm by 3.5cm. It is marked P.B.1.