1
Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel
Creator:
Rolevinck, Werner, 1425-1502
Rolewinck, Werner ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1479
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Gaston Auboneau collection.
Subject Keyword:
Babylon
בָּבֶל
Βαβυλών
بابل‎
آسيا -- العراق -- بابل -- الحلة -- أطلال بابل
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iraq -- Babil -- Babylon ruins -- Hillah
Language:
Latin
2
City of Nineveh
City of Nineveh
Creator:
Rolevinck, Werner, 1425-1502
Rolewinck, Werner ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1479
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Gaston Auboneau collection.
Subject Keyword:
Nineveh
ܢܸܢܘܵܐ
نينوى‎
نەینەوا
נִינְוֵה‎
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iraq -- Nīnawá -- Nineveh ruins -- Nineveh
Language:
Latin
3
By a concerted effort the pigeons manage to fly off while still in the net.
By a concerted effort the pigeons manage to fly off while still in the net.
Creator:
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, -1505
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, -1505
Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505
Husayn al-Wa'iz al-Kashifi
كاشفي، حسين بن علي، توفي 1504
Publication Date:
1570
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Donated by Miss Louisa Ouseley, 1929.
Subject Keyword:
Mogul Empire
گورکانیان
مغلیہ سلطنت
Crows
کلاغ
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Moghul Empire
آسیا -- هند -- گورکانیان
4
Hungry fox looks up to see the kite carrying off the piece of skin.
Hungry fox looks up to see the kite carrying off the piece of skin.
Creator:
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, -1504
Publication Date:
1570
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Donated by Miss Louisa Ouseley, 1929.
Subject Keyword:
Mogul Empire
گورکانیان
مغلیہ سلطنت
Foxes
روباه
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Moghul Empire
آسیا -- هند -- گورکانیان
5
Historia delas cosas mas notables, ritos y costvmbres del gran reyno dela China : sabidas assi por los libros delos mesmos Chinas, como por relacion de religiosos y otras personas que a estado en el dicho reyno
Historia delas cosas mas notables, ritos y costvmbres del gran reyno dela China : sabidas assi por los libros delos mesmos Chinas, como por relacion de religiosos y otras personas que a estado en el dicho reyno
Creator:
González de Mendoza, J ( Juan ), 1545-1618
Loyola, M. I ( Martin Ignacio de ), fl.1585-1606
Publication Date:
1585
Publisher:
Bartholome Grassi ( Roma )
Type:
Book
Format:
[29], 440 p. : ;
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Missions -- History -- Early works to 1800 -- Philippines -- 16th century
Missions -- History -- Early works to 1800 -- China -- 16th century
Spanish imprints -- Early works to 1800
Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- China
Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Philippines
Spatial Coverage:
Philippines
China
Latin America
Asia -- Philippines
Asia -- China
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
Spanish
6
Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Abraham Ortelius accompanied by a text with same title on the reverse (MCA/01/02/01/13)
Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Abraham Ortelius accompanied by a text with same title on the reverse (MCA/01/02/01/13)
Creator:
Ortelius, Abraham ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1595
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
7
آداب السلطنة
آداب السلطنة
Creator:
Javier, Jerónimo, 1549-1617
خاویر، جروم
كزافييه, جيروم
Publication Date:
1609
Type:
Book
Format:
fol. ii, 522, i.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Jesuits -- History -- 16th century
Missions -- India
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Goa -- North Goa -- Ilhas -- Old Goa -- St. Paul's College
Asia -- Portuguese Goa -- Old Goa -- St. Paul's College
Ásia -- Goa Português -- Velha Goa -- Faculdade de São Paulo
Ásia -- Índia -- Goa -- Norte de Goa -- Ilhas -- Velha Goa -- Faculdade de São Paulo
آسيا -- جوا البرتغالية -- جوا القديمة -- كلية سانت بول
Language:
Arabic
8
گنج الگنج : نصر بن احمد
گنج الگنج : نصر بن احمد
Creator:
نصر بن احمد, ابو القاسم, الشاداني النيشابوري
Naṣr ibn Aḥmad, al-Shādānī al-Nīshāpūrī ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1631
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Persian prose literature.
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Persian
9
Description de la Tartarie tirée en partie de plusieurs cartes, que en ont esté faictes en partie de diuerses relations et de divers autheurs arabes qui nt esté au iour iusques a present par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville geographe ord're du Roy
Description de la Tartarie tirée en partie de plusieurs cartes, que en ont esté faictes en partie de diuerses relations et de divers autheurs arabes qui nt esté au iour iusques a present par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville geographe ord're du Roy
Publication Date:
1654
Publisher:
Chez Pierre Mariette
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Russia (Federation) -- Tatarstan
Азия -- Россия -- Татарстан
Россия Федерация -- Татарстан
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Russia -- Tatarstan
Language:
French
10
Persaru[m] sive Parthorum Imperium in Duo de Viginti Regna [Persia or the Parthian Empire in twenty two realms] by Nicolas Sanson and  Ch Galliar engraved by Jean l'Huillier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/23)
Persaru[m] sive Parthorum Imperium in Duo de Viginti Regna [Persia or the Parthian Empire in twenty two realms] by Nicolas Sanson and Ch Galliar engraved by Jean l'Huillier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/23)
Creator:
Sanson, Nicolas ( Mapmaker )
L'Huilier, Jan ( Engraver )
Publication Date:
1655
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
11
Han-i araha ambassi mujilen be targabure bithe
Han-i araha ambassi mujilen be targabure bithe
Creator:
Shunzhi, Emperor of China, 1638-1661 ( Author, Primary )
顺治帝 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1655
Type:
Book
Format:
66 folios
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Manchu language
满语
亚洲 --- 中国
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
Manchu
12
Plan exact de Gomron ou du Bandar Abassi de L'Isle d'Ormus et des Isles voisines [An exact plan of Gomron or Bandar Abbasi, the Island of Hormuz and neighbouring islands] by Jean Baptiste Tavernier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/04/05)
Plan exact de Gomron ou du Bandar Abassi de L'Isle d'Ormus et des Isles voisines [An exact plan of Gomron or Bandar Abbasi, the Island of Hormuz and neighbouring islands] by Jean Baptiste Tavernier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/04/05)
Publication Date:
1676
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Asia -- Persian Gulf
Language:
French
13
Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape : exemplars
Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape : exemplars
Creator:
Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720
Publication Date:
1681
Publisher:
Printed by Richard Chiswell
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
British -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை
අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Sri Lanka
Language:
English
14
Execution by an eliphant.
Execution by an eliphant.
Creator:
Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720
Publication Date:
1681
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Subject Keyword:
Elephants
Trampling
ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை
අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Sri Lanka
Language:
English
15
Compendio de la arte de la lengua tagala
Compendio de la arte de la lengua tagala
Creator:
Gaspar de San Agustín, 1650-1724
Publication Date:
1703
Type:
Book
Format:
[6], 40, [2] leaves. : ;
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Tagalog language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Philippines -- National Capital Region -- Manila
Asya -- Pilipinas -- Pambansang Punong Rehiyon -- Maynila
Asia -- Filipinas -- Región de la Capital Nacional -- Manila
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
Spanish
Tagalog
Filipino
16
Theatrum Historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu in quo tu Imperii Romani tu  Barbororum circuminlentium status ob oculos ponitor Pars Orientalis by Guillelmo [Guillaume] Delisle engraved by F Des Rosiers and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/11)
Theatrum Historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu in quo tu Imperii Romani tu Barbororum circuminlentium status ob oculos ponitor Pars Orientalis by Guillelmo [Guillaume] Delisle engraved by F Des Rosiers and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/11)
Creator:
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 ( Mapmaker )
Rosiers, François Des ( Engraver )
Publication Date:
1705
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
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Discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine islands : containing their history ancient and modern, natural and political, their description, product, religion ... habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives : with an account of many other adjacent islands ...
Discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine islands : containing their history ancient and modern, natural and political, their description, product, religion ... habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives : with an account of many other adjacent islands ...
Creator:
Leonardo de Argensola, Bartolomé, 1562-1631
Stevens, John, ?-1726
Publication Date:
1708
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
English imprints -- Early works to 1800
Maluku (Indonesia) -- History -- Early works to 1800
Philippines -- History -- Early works to 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Philippines
Asia -- Filipinas
Asya -- Pilipinas
Asia -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- Maluku Islands
Asia -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- Islas Maluku
Language:
English
18
Gin-ping-mei bithe
Gin-ping-mei bithe
Creator:
Xiaoxiaosheng ( Author, Primary )
笑笑生 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1708
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Colelctions
Subject Keyword:
Chinese fiction--Ming dynasty
Manchu language
Chinese language--Transliteration into Manchu
亞洲 -- 中國
亚洲 -- 中国
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
Manchu
Chinese
19
Gin-ping-mei bithe
Gin-ping-mei bithe
Creator:
Xiaoxiaosheng ( Author, Primary )
笑笑生 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1708
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Colelctions
Subject Keyword:
Chinese fiction--Ming dynasty
Manchu language
Chinese language--Transliteration into Manchu
亞洲 -- 中國
亚洲 -- 中国
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
Manchu
Chinese
20
Gin-ping-mei bithe
Gin-ping-mei bithe
Creator:
Xiaoxiaosheng ( Author, Primary )
笑笑生 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1708
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Colelctions
Subject Keyword:
Chinese fiction--Ming dynasty
Manchu language
Chinese language--Transliteration into Manchu
亞洲 -- 中國
亚洲 -- 中国
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
Manchu
Chinese