Title of the picture in the album kept in the Fumban Mission House: "Margrete Scha shempe (Grüssen Lüge). Frau des Schrifterfinders. Eine der besten Christinnen in Fumban. Ehering an der Stirne" (Margrete Scha shempe (Grüssen Lüge). Wife of the…
Title of the picture in the album kept in the Fumban Mission House: "Margrete Scha shempe (Grüssen Lüge). Frau des Schrifterfinders. Eine der besten Christinnen in Fumban. Ehering an der Stirne" (Margrete Scha shempe (Grüssen Lüge). Wife of the…
Title of the picture in the album kept in the Fumban Mission House: "Ma ma, Erfinder der Königsschrift. Jetzt in Ungnade gefallen. Unter der Mütze mohmmedanisches Amulett" (Ma ma, inventor of the royal script. Now in disgrace. Under the cap Mohmedan…
The photograph is from an album entitled "Chinesisch-indische Reise", made by Wilhelm Preiswerk (member of the committee) and Inspector Theodor Oehler in 1888-1889. Wilhelm Preiswerk and Theodor Oehler bought the pictures from professional photo…
Malayalam Seminar, from the papers of [L.J.] Frohnmeyer. The authors represented include Ch. Irion and possibly H. Gundert. These documents seem to be a collection of research papers, and the results of translation work, and they certainly go…
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