An unglazed earthenware sherd with scratch decoration. Dimensions 9.5cm by 7.8cm. Probably from the site KT-2-D as marked with these initials in ink.
Draft of poem beginning "Earth's great girls stablish mountain cloth, from place of rest they go". Poem in heroic couplets. Reverse side has Chinese characters. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides
"East India (Education): Copy of Educational Despatch. No. 4, dated India Office, London, 7th April 1859" and ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 11 April 1859. Printed copy of a despatch letter concerning the government's policy towards education in India. Unbound printed pamphlet, dated 7-11 April 1859.
Copy of a letter of congratulations from the Royal Asiatic Society to École Française d'Extrême-Orient on the celebration of its Jubilee. The letter expresses admiration for the the scholarly research on south-east Asia under a succession of brilliant Directors. It is undated.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandThree notebooks of handwritten alterations for the publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanon 1250-1900.
It appears that Professor Poliak re-wrote the entire publication before making adjustments in pencil.
Poliak Abraham Nahum 1910-1970The Minutes for the Editorial Board from 13 November 2003 - 8 November 2012 and the Minutes for the Monograph Editorial Board from May 2013 to April 2020, covering the following meetings:
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 IrelandThe Minutes of the Editorial Board 2000-2003. These are computer printed material pasted into a lined A5 notebook with a red hardcover.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandLetter 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 1841-1910Letter 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