a brief presentation of the main south asia collections in french libraries dr. rachel g uidoni...
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A brief presentation of the main South Asia collections in French
libraries
Dr. Rachel GUIDONI (Mrs.), Head Librarian,
French School of Asian Studies (Paris, France)
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The first French School dedicated to Eastern
languages and civilisations
Source: www.inalco.fr/institut/presentation-politique-institut/histoire-riche
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The school today
Source: www.archi-guide.com/PH/FRA/Par/P13MasPolLangCivLi.jpg
The building was inaugurated in 2011.
The upper part of the building houses the school
The lower part is for the library.
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The Collège de France, founded in 1530
Source: www.cartophilie-viroflay.org/article.php?id_article=165
The motto of the institution :« Teaches all »
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The main French libraries with South Asia collections• National library of France (Bibliothèque nationale)
• French School of Asian studies (Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient)
• Asian society (Société Asiatique)
• Centre for South Asian studies (Centre d’études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud)
• Éric-de-Dampierre library
• Centre for Himalayan studies (Centre d’études himalayennes)
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Location of the main Paris libraries with South Asian
collections
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Why this presentation?
• Improve the knowledge of these collections
• Value these collections both to the Indian scientific community and to the librarians’ network
• Create tighter connection between French institutions and Indian libraries
• Promote a broader choice of patrimonial and contemporary collections on South Asia
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The BULAC library
• Core collection: linguistics, literature, travels accounts, geography and history, social and religious sciences
• South Asia section : rich collections in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, and Urdu languages
• Digital library: a dozen of books from the Fort William College
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A book from the Fort William College
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Polyglott Munshi, or vocabulary, exercises, pleasant stories, etc. in English, Persian, Hindi, Hindustani and Bengali, for the use of students both native and European, Calcutta, 1841
Source: num.bulac.fr/archive/files/a36d5a9d310503b
7c2280d568019a0e0.pdf
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The South Asia collection in the Bulac library
• Hindi (and Nepali) section: more than 7 000 books
• Bengali section: 6 000 books and a dozen of periodicals
• Urdu section: 8 000 books and 40 periodicals
• Tamil section: more than 7 000 books and a collection of manuscripts
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A pioneer catalogue for the scripts
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Urdu
Tamil
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Hindi
Nepali
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The Institute of Indian Studies
• Founded in 1927; part of the Collège de France since 1973
• Domain: the whole ancient Indian world, mostly Pre-Islamic India
• Subjects: literature, philosophy, history, history of religions, linguistics and grammar, art history and archaeology
→ one of the richest collections in France on Sanskrit literature and ancient Indian languages
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The Institute of Indian Studies
• Local catalogue: bude.college-de-france.fr
• Digital library: some manuscripts and pictures (salamandre.college-de-france.fr)
• Core collection: 35 000 books, 600 periodicals, 2 700 maps, more than 100 manuscripts, archives and about 35 000 pictures
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The Pakistan photo collection
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Source: salamandre.college-de-france.fr/ead.html?id=FR075CDF_00IEI00PK-2#!{%22content%22:[%22FR075CDF_00IEI00PK-2_de-901%22,false,%22%22]}
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The Kabul museum photo collection
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Source: salamandre.college-de-france.fr/ead.html?id=FR075CDF_IEI_arbois#!{%22content%22:[%22FR075CDF_IEI_arbois_de-38%22,false,%22%22]}
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A Nepali manuscript from the S. Lévi collection
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Devatāparipūrṇam, 19th Century, bookmark: MS-SL 69
Source: salamandre.college-de-france.fr/img-viewer/IEI-SL/MS-SL-69/viewer.html
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The National Library of France
• South Asia section since the 18th century
• Subjects: literature, religion and history
• Core collection: 15 000 books, with 1/3 in Indian languages, more than 100 periodicals
• Online catalogue: catalogue.bnf.fr
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A bibliographical record with Devanagari script in the BnF
catalogue
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Source: catalogue.bnf.fr/servlet/biblio?idNoeud=1&ID=43715350&SN1=0&SN2=0&host=catalogue
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A digitized document in Gallica
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Source: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6949524w.r=pondichery.langFR
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The digitized catalogue of the Sanskrit collection at
the Bnf
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Source: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k255707s/f80.image
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The French School of Asian Studies
• Founded in 1901
• Core collection: 21 000 books, 133 periodicals, more than 120 Pali manuscripts, 100 maps, rubbings, scientific archives, about 17 000 pictures
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Mss Pali 40
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The French School of Asian Studies
• Domain: all the South Asia, including also Tibet
• Subjects: mainly classical studies: religion, art, archaeology, epigraphy, ancient history, literature and textual studies
• Online catalogue: www.sudoc.abes.fr and catalogue.bulac.fr
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The French School of Asian Studies
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Bouddha Sakyamuni
(D71-8)
A Nepali (?) rubbing
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The EFEO Centre in Pondicherry
• 12 000 books, 21 periodicals, a great collection of private libraries, scientific archives of French Indianists, rubbings and plans
25Photo S. Rayapoulle
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The EFEO Centre in Pondicherry
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• More than 1 600 Vishnuit manuscripts, digitized and soon available online
• A photo library with old collections and a more recent collection on South Asian temples, soon available online
Photo S. Rayapoulle
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Library of the Asian society
• Founded in 1822
• Edits the famous periodical Journal Asiatique
• Core collection: 100 000 books, 1 800 periodicals, manuscripts, rubbings and off-prints, pictures and scientific archives. 20% concerns India
27Source: www.aibl.fr/societe-asiatique/organisation-68/organismes-associes
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Centre for South Asian studies
• Founded in 1955
• Presently the biggest French collection of books and periodicals on South Asia for the modern and contemporary periods
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The Maison de l’Asie’s reading room
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Centre for South Asian studies
• Core collection: 30 000 books, 450 periodicals, scientific archives, census, maps
• Domain: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives Islands, and Mauritius
• Subjects: social sciences, social anthropology, law, history of economic development, and religious sciences
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Éric-de-Dampierre library
• Founded in 1967
• Specialised in anthropology and sociology
• 2 600 books on South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives Islands, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Tibet
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Source: www.mae.u-paris10.fr/bibethno/
Entry of the reading room
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The archives of Philippe Sagant
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One of his bookTable of
his archives
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The archives of O. Herrenschmidt
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Source: www.mae.u-paris10.fr/dbtw-wpd/arch/ar.aspx?archive=lesc&reference=foh
Source: www.mae.u-paris10.fr/lesc/spip.php?article78
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Centre for Himalayan studies
• Founded in 1965
• First focused on Nepal and on anthropology, geography and biology
33Photo O. Aubriot
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Centre for Himalayan studies
• Covers now all the other Himalayas regions: Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim and the North Indian States
• And includes other subjects such as geology, environmental studies, agronomy, history, economics, politics, languages, arts
• 15 000 books, theses, reports and off-prints, 1 300 maps and 800 periodicals
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Thank you for your attention!Merci beaucoup !
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