1998.285.678 (Lantern Slide)
1998.285.678 (Lantern Slide)
Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?
Sir Charles Bell
August 15th or 16th 1921
Lhasa Area > Ganden
1998.285.678
81 x 81 mm
Lantern Slide
Donated 1983
St Antony's College, Oxford
Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21
Lt Col R. S. Kennedy?
L.211
BL.P.428
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] XL. [Subject of Chapter] The Language [Subject of Illustration] P.428 (a) Part of one of the bookcases in Ganden Monastery. The books contain the Buddhist scriptures. [Where placed - book page] I. 152 [Remarks] L.211"
Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.152:"A part of a Tibetan Library. The white silk labels give the titles of the books"
Other Information - Cultural Background: Bell and Kennedy arrived for a short visit to Ganden Monastery on August 15th 1921. Bell comments in his diary that this is an auspicious day on which to visit, being the 8th day of the Tibetan month, the other two being the 15th and last days [Diary Vol. X, pp. 7 - 16] [MS 25/02/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Bookcases in Ganden Monastery"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.678.html>.
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