Collection GB 1446 MS 16 and MS 17 - BAUDIN, R P: French -Yoruba dictionary

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1446 MS 16 and MS 17

Title

BAUDIN, R P: French -Yoruba dictionary

Date(s)

  • 1885 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 volumes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Father Noel Baudin of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Bight of Benin was a French Roman Catholic missionary in Benin, 1885.

Archival history

GB 1446 MS 16 and MS 17 1885 collection 2 volumes Baudin , Father , Noel , fl 1885 , Catholic missionary

Father Noel Baudin of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Bight of Benin was a French Roman Catholic missionary in Benin, 1885.

MS 17 presented by R E Dennett

Two manuscript copies of a French-Yoruba dictionary by R P Baudin [Father Noel Baudin] entitled 'Dictionnaire Français-Yoruba - Dictionnaire Yoruba- Français'.

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Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

French and Yoruba

23.5 x 15.5 cm

Mimeographed.

Marbled paper boards, dark brown cloth spine; lettered on white label on spine.

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

May 2008 Communications media Africa African languages Baudin , Father , Noel , fl 1885 , Catholic missionary Books Dictionaries Publications Reference materials West Africa Yoruba Information sciences

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

MS 17 presented by R E Dennett

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Two manuscript copies of a French-Yoruba dictionary by R P Baudin [Father Noel Baudin] entitled 'Dictionnaire Français-Yoruba - Dictionnaire Yoruba- Français'.

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

French and Yoruba

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Finding aids

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

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Institution identifier

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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