Fonds TPP - Papers of Thomas Pell Platt

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 TPP

Title

Papers of Thomas Pell Platt

Date(s)

  • [1815] - 1826 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 archival folder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Thomas Pell Platt was born in London, attended school in Norfolk, before entering Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1815. He became a scholar there in 1818, graduating in 1820 and gaining his Masters in 1823. Whilst at Cambridge he became involved in withread more

Archival history

These Papers were written by Thomas Pell Platt and donated to the Society.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

In the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society it is recorded that T.P. Platt Esq., presented five items to the Society, including these, on 17 June 1826.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

These papers consist of two items presented to the Society by Thomas Pell Platt. They are:

  • Fasti Sacri Ecclesiae AEthiopicae
  • Computus Temporum Ecclesiae Aethiopicae

System of arrangement

The Papers were catalogued as two files.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.read more

Conditions governing reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Language of material

  • Amharic
  • English
  • Latin

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Platt's donation consisted of five items. It appears that only these two remain within the Collections. The other items were:

  • A Catalogue of Ethiopic Biblical MSS. London, 1823, 4to.
  • The Ethiopic Originals of the Fasti and Computus temporum. MS.
  • read more

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Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-tpp

Archivist's note

These Papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.