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新刻三寳出身全傳  

Publication Date:  [清, between 1644 and 1824]
Creator:  陽至和
Yang, Zhihe
Zhao, Yuzhen
Lao hui xian tang,
Ju gu zhai
趙毓真
老會賢堂
聚古齋
Publisher:  Lao hui xian tang Ju gu zhai
老會賢堂,聚古齋
Measurements:  21 cm.
Subjects:  Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
集部 -- 小說類 -- 長篇
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

التعصب  

Publication Date:  [1358 A.H./1938 A.D.]
Creator:  عبده، محمد
ʻAbduh, Muḥammad
'Abduh, Muhammad
منقار، محمد فؤاد
Ṭarābulusī, Muḥammad Fuʼād Minqārah
Tarabulusi, Muhammad Fu'ad Minqarah
Publisher:  المطبعة الأنوار ( القاهرة )
Maṭba'at al-Anwār ( al-Qāhirah )
Format:  16 p. : ill. ; 23cm
Subjects:  Islam
Freedom of religion
Religious tolerance
إسلام
حرية الاعتقاد
تسامح ديني
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Burying the corpse : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Funeral rituals
अन्त्येष्टि क्रिया
अन्त्येष्टि
Antayeṣṭi
अंतिम संस्कार
சவ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Palankeen : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Litters
पालकी
சிவிகை
Palanquins
Palankeens
पालकियों
डोली
शिविका
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Wenchow, China. 1900  

Publication Date:  1901
Creator:  Soothill, William Edward, 1861-1935
Stobie, W. R.
Publisher:  American Presbyterian Mission Press
Material:  [iv], 43p.
Measurements:  30 cm.
Subjects:  United Methodist Free Churches, Home and Foreign Missions
循​道​卫​理​联​合​教​会
Missions -- China -- Zhejiang
Missionaries -- China -- Zhejiang
传教士 - 中国 - 浙江
Aliens -- China -- Zhejiang -- History -- 20th century
外国人 - 中国 - 浙江 - 历史 - 二十世纪
Persecution -- China -- Zhejiang -- History -- 20th century
迫害 - 中国 - 浙江 - 历史 - 二十世纪
Wenzhou (China) -- Church history -- 20th century
温州市(中国) - 基督教会历史 - 二十世纪
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume.  

Publication Date:  1872
Creator:  Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Measurements:  H21.7 x W14.7 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Afrique -- Burundi -- Bururi -- Mugere -- Pierre de Livingstone et Stanley
Afrika -- Burundi -- Bururi -- Mugere -- Livingstone-Stanley Monument
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Surprise!  

Publication Date:  1872
Creator:  Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H21.7 x W14.7 cm
Subjects:  lcsh
lcna
Afrique
Afrika
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

第九才子書二荷花史  

Publication Date:  [清, between 1793 and 1824]
Creator:  Zhong, Meicun
锺梅村
Publisher:  没有名字
Measurements:  21 cm.
Subjects:  Folk songs, Chinese -- China -- Guangdong Sheng
Ji bu -- Qu lei
集部 -- 曲類
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Coppersmith : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  தாமிர
Coppersmiths
एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

新刻観音點化吕祖 買藥勸世文  

Publication Date:  [清, between 1644 and 1824]
Publisher:  没有名字
Measurements:  17 cm.
Subjects:  集部 -- 小說類 -- 短篇
Ji bu -- Xiao shuo lei -- Duan pian
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

新編燈謎雅調  

Publication Date:  [191-]
Publisher:  清盛興堂刻夲
Qing sheng xing tang ke ben
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  16 cm.
Subjects:  Riddles, Chinese
中国灯谜
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

"The Healer", after Harold Copping by Tom Curr  

Publication Date:  [1917]
Creator:  Curr, Tom
Copping, Harold, 1863-1932
Publisher:  London Missionary Society ( London )
Format:  1 colour poster
Subjects:  London Missionary Society
Medical care -- Africa
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Reception of Reverend John Williams.  

Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H21,5 x W31,5 cm
Technique:  Lithograph
Subjects:  Missionaries
Ni-Vanuatu (Melanesian people)
Williams, John, 1796-1839
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Memo book entitled 'W Fergusson 1840'  

Creator:  Will, James
Publisher:  manuscript ( s.l. )
Subjects:  Slave narratives
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

家庭講話  

Publication Date:  清嘉慶十五年 [1810]
Creator:  陸起鲲, d. 1794
Lu, Qikun, d. 1794
Publisher:  Bo si tang shu fang cang ban
愽斯堂書坊蔵版
Measurements:  22 cm.
Subjects:  Conduct of life
Family -- China
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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  • The Methodist Missionary Society (MMS) collection at SOAS covers missionary work all over the world from the 18th to the 20th century. The MMS was formed in 1932 by the amalgamation of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (WMMS), United Methodist Missionary Society (UMMS) and the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (PMMS). Records cover the period 1744 to 1976 and include material from overseas missionary work in Europe, North America, West Indies, Africa, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), China, Burma and Australasia. Only the glass lantern slides and accompanying scripts have been digitised and made available on this site.Methodist Missionary Society Archives Methodist Missionary Society Archives
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