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1969
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Catalogue of Burmese Printed Books in the India Office Library
The India Office Library’s Burmese printed books, numbering some 2,800 works, constitute one the largest collections in the West and include many representative examples of Burmese writing from the early nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. They are thus of special value and interest for students, scholars,...Whitbread, Kenneth
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1983
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Catalogue of the Pāli printed books in the India Office Library
The present catalogue includes all the Pali texts and translations from the Pali, whether in Sinhalese, Burmese, Devanagari, Thai, Bengali or romanised scripts, held by the India Office Library. (Burmese nissaya books, Pali texts in which each phrase is followed by its Burmese translation, are included in a separate catalogue...Raper, T. C. H.
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1985
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Catalogue of the Burney Parabaiks in the India Office Library with an appendix by Evans Lewin, Patricia Herbert and D. K. Wyatt listing the Burney Papers in the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society
This is the third volume in the British Academy’s Oriental Documents Series dealing with documents preserved in the India Office Library and Records, and the first to be published on the Committee’s behalf by the British Library. Responsibility for the administration and management of the India Office Library and Records...Blackmore, Thaung
Myanmar, Henry Burney, folding books, and Burma
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2023
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Collaborative Historical Research in the Age of Big Data
Living with Machines is the largest digital humanities project ever funded in the UK. The project brought together a team of twenty-three researchers to leverage more than twenty-years' worth of digitisation projects in order to deepen our understanding of the impact of mechanisation on nineteenth-century Britain. In contrast to many...Ahnert, Ruth ; Griffin, Emma ; Ridge, Mia ; Tolfo, Giorgia
digital humanities, British history, multidisciplinarity, digital history, and nineteenth century
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2023
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Armorial blocks and tools specially cut for the British Museum Library Bindery
In 1866, the British Museum Library’s official bookbinder, Charles Tuckett junior, compiled a catalogue of motifs (created using bookbindings tools) which had been made for the bindery. Books formerly from the libraries of historic collectors were often decorated in a particular style, frequently featuring a coat of arms. When the...Marks, P. J M.
Arms blocks, Coat of arms, Armorial block, British Museum Library Bindery, Charles Tuckett junior, and Bookbinding tools
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2018
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Remote Capture: Digitising Documentary Heritage in Challenging Locations
This is a must-read how-to guide if you are planning to embark on a scholarly digitisation project. Tailored to the specifications of the British Library’s EAP (Endangered Archives Programme) projects, it is full of sound, practical advice about planning and carrying out a successful digitisation project in potentially challenging conditions.... -
1996
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United States and Canadian Holdings in the British Library Newspaper Library
A guide to historic US and Canadian newspapers held in print and on microform. Titles are listed alphabetically and are also indexed by state/province and town.Kemble, Jean ; Das, Pam
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1998
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The American Civil Rights Movement: A Guide to Materials in the British Library
This guide includes coverage of phases of the movement, civil rights organisations, participants in the movement, and the Federal Government, alongside a section organised by States.Kemble, Jean
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2021
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A chronological check-list of works held in the British Library in or about the Eastern Algonquian languages, 1643-1851
Covers the British Library's early eastern Algonquian language books.Edwards, Adrian S.