Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- [1900 - 1950] (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 archival box handwritten and typed
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
The creator is unknown.
Histoire archivistique
The author and custodial history are unknown.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The source of acquisition is unknown.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Two manuscript versions of a Sinhala-English dictionary, one of 241 pages and the other of 214 pages on foolscap paper. There are also some supplementary pages and some index pages associated with these manuscripts. The date of writing of these manuscripts is unknown but from the paper and ink they would appear to have been undertaken in the early to mid twentieth century. Both manuscripts are in the same hand.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. 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. Please bring photo ID.
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
- anglais
- singhalais
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
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Existence and location of copies
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Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
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Dates of creation revision deletion
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Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2023.