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The Right Hand from a Buddha
GB 891 QW-QW/13-QW/13/3 · File
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

The right hand from a Buddha in Abhaya Mudra position. The hand is cut at the wrist. It is made from metal and is 13cm in length and 4.5cn in width. At the cut there is evidence that the image was created by the lost-wax technique. The hand bears traces of gold gilding. Its provenance is unknown.

GB 891 RB-current RB/7-RB/7/4-RB/7/4/15 · File · 1939
Part of Papers of Richard Francis Burton

"The Richard Burton Memorial: The Eckenstein Collection" Typed notice concerning the Collection to appear in the JRAS 1939, No.2, p.337. Also handwritten draft, 2 sides and newspaper cutting from The Times, 1 March 1939 concerning the Richard Burton Memorial: Eckenstein Collection.

GB 891 RAS COLL2-RAS COLL2/3-RAS COLL2/3/4 · File · 3rd Jun 2003
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Collections Policy Documents

"The Review and Rationalisation of the RAS collections: Paper for discussion at Council. [Approved, Council minute appended at end.]" Policy document concerning the RAS Collections and decisions regarding rationalisation of the Collections. Written by Helen Cordell, Honorary Librarian. Electronic document.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
The Reason Why
GB 891 ACG-ACG/3-ACG/3/3-ACG/3/3/4 · File · 27th Oct 1961
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

"The Reason Why", news-cutting from Times Literary Supplement, 27 October 1961 for a review of The Problem of Value. Also a further photocopy of the review with a compliment slip from Hutchinson University Library.

The RAS Peppé Papers
GB 891 TP-TP/2-TP/2/4 · File · 2008 - 2009
Part of Papers of Terence A. Phelps

'The RAS Peppé Papers' by T.A. Phelps. With this article is a letter from Phelps to the Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the article and thank for allowing access to the Papers, dated 23 November 2009. Also with the article are copies of the references he has cited within his work.

Phelps T. A
The Random Thing
GB 891 ACG-ACG/16-ACG/16/1-ACG/16/1/7 · File · [1952 - 1986]
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Random Thing by A.C. Graham. Draft for a short play.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
GB 891 ACG-ACG/24-ACG/24/4-ACG/24/4/11 · File · 1974
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Quest of the Goddess by David Hawkes, Cornell University. Draft of article published in Studies in Chinese Literary Genres, ed. by Cyril Birch (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974), pp. 42–68.

Hawkes David
The Prosody of the Li Sao
GB 891 ACG-ACG/15-ACG/15/4-ACG/15/4/1 · File
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Prosody of the Li Sao (First draft) by Angus Graham - exploration of the poem Li Sao, incomplete.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
GB 891 ACG-ACG/3-ACG/3/1-ACG/3/1/2 · File · 1960
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Problem of Value, parts 1-4 - typed draft with handwritten annotations. The manuscript bears the note by Graham, "The Problem of Value: pencilled notes by Gilbert Ryle". Parts 1-3 are looses sheets; Part 4 is bound with cotton thread binding.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991