Details

Subject(s)

• Cebuano language—Glossaries, vocabularies, etc [Browse]
• Philippines—History—1521-1898 [Browse]
• Spain—Colonies—Asia [Browse]

Notes

• Description based on entry in M. D. Wainwright and N. A. Matthews, ‘Guide to Western Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to South and South East Asia’, Oxford University Press, 1965; added to SOAS Archive Catalogue in June 2014
• Manuscript apparently copied in the 17th century from the Manila edition of 1628 or itself the press-copy used for that edition. 2 parts in one.

Provenance

Reproduction of original physical item held at SOAS London.

Source acquisition

• A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.
• Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835.

Other standard number

• MS 12191

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