Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1845 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
handwritten
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (Charles Gutzlaff), was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and Korea (1832). He was also the first Lutheran missionary to China. He was a… read more
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Archival history
The list was supplied at the request of Colonel William Henry Sykes for the preparation of an article, On a Catalogue of Chinese Buddhistical Works, for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol:9, 1848.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The list was received from Gutzlaff for the use of William Henry Sykes.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
'List of the Principal Budhistical works from the Pali in Chinese character by Mt Gutzlaff' - a list of works with titles in both Chinese and English, and with some description of the manuscripts, compiled by Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff in 1845. The… read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
- Chinese
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The associated article On a Catalogue of Chinese Buddhistical Works, can be found in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol:9, 1848.
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Subject access points
Name access points
- Gützlaff Karl Friedrich August 1803-1851 (Subject)
- Sykes William Henry 1790-1872 Colonel (Subject)