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GB 891 RAS TGM-RAS TGM/1-RAS TGM/1/5-RAS TGM/1/5/5 · File · [1897 - 1991]
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Triennial Gold Medal

A weighted metal die cast of reverse of the Gold Medal bearing the laurel wreath design and the name of the Society. Also has the number 10743 painted on the weight and on an additional adhesive label.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
Die cast of Front of Medal
GB 891 RAS TGM-RAS TGM/1-RAS TGM/1/5-RAS TGM/1/5/4 · File · [1897 - 1991]
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Triennial Gold Medal

A Die cast of the front of the medal showing the banyan tree motif and the Society's name, in reverse, Housed in a blue leather bound presentation box.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
GB 891 SC32 · Fonds · 1745 - 1795

"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.

H. S. Osbourne
Diary of a tour from Gilgit
GB 891 LOR-LOR/2-LOR/2/2-LOR/2/2/2 · File · 1947
Part of Papers of David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Emily Overend Lorimer

Diary of a tour from Gilgit - daily notes made of a trip leaving Gilgit on 14 April 1947, probably that made by Carter as mentioned in the letter LOR/2/1/5. Entries continue until 29 April 1947, all of which are contained within a notebook. There are several unwritten pages but the final page has notes on Ballade from Mesdemoiselles Eden. The inside cover of the notebook, back and front have been covered in calculations; the cover has become detached from the pages. Soft light brown cover notebook with ruled pages.

Roland Carter
GB 891 QW-QW/3-QW/3/2 · File · 1936
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

Charles Letts' Self-Opening Diary for 1936, labelled "(Si T'ep eh)", entries January-March, some notes and lists at back of diary. The diary covers Wales' excavation in [possibly Sri thep, Pejabun , Thailand] and time in Bangkok.

GB 891 MJR-MJR/1 · File · 20th Oct 1825 - 12th Apr 1826
Part of Papers of Michael John Rowlandson

"Diary Commencing October 20th 1825" by "Mr Rowlandson", the date when he departed from Madras (Chennai) heading for Bengal. They departed from Bengal on 8 December 1825. The diary marks the latitude and longitude each day and journals things seen and thoughts about the experience as he sails for England. Includes some sketches of land formations that he has seen, and additional notes in the margins. After completing this journal, he then restarts using the notebook in 1887 to write copies of letters and sermon notes. The final page has a musical composition dated 29 March 1826. Handwritten, hardback journal.