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Grammaire Tagalog
Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 SC4
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Date(s)
- 1900 - 1956 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-1918)
Biographical history
Eugène Aristide Marre was a French linguist who published several works. His _Grammaire Tagalog_ was published by Bijdnagem in The Hague in 1901 in French.
Biographical history
Isabelle Pinches was the daughter of Auguste Bertin de Veaux, a French general and politician. She married Theophilus Goldridge Pinches, Assistant in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, from 1878 to 1900, and thereafter Lecturer in Assyrian at University College, London.
(1823-)
Biographical history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Archival history
The Papers came into the hands of A.C. Chappelow, a student of T.G. Pinches. They were presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Mrs E. Chappelow, the widow of Eric Chappelow, A.C. Chappelow's brother.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These papers were presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Mrs E. Chappelow in July 1956.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A handwritten manuscript of the _Grammaire Tagalog_ by Aristide Marre with a _Vocabulaire tagalog-francais-anglais_ by Aristide Marre and Isabelle Pinches. With these are the original housing envelope, two explanatory labels and a letter to request the publication of these works.
System of arrangement
The Papers were arranged into files of individual items.
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. 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
- English
- French
- Tagalog
Additional information
Related units of description
The Royal Asiatic Society has, within its Library Collections, Kholâçat al Hissâb, a mathematical work byʿĀmilī, Bahāʾal-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn and translated into French by Aristide Marre.
Description identifier
gb891-sc4
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