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Abel-Rémusat, Jean-Pierre, 1824

 File — Box: Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/99

Scope and Contents

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788-1832), linguist, sinologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1824?.

1 Letter
- 28 February 1819, 1824 or 1830. Letter to Mr Schellings. Remusat gives Schellings an Indian manuscript and advises him to contact Eugene Burnouf, an expert in Tamil, because he believes the manuscript to be written in Tamil.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: 5 pages of typed notes about Remusat and Schellings. Stumpff elaborates his process for identifying the letter's date as being either 1819, 1824 or 1830. He identifies serval people that could be 'Mr Schellings'.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates

  • Creation: 1824

Creator

Language of Materials

French and German

Full Extent

1 folder

Repository Details

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