'Arte Malavar, or Grammar of the Malabar (Grantham) language in Portuguese'

Scope and Content

Perhaps the work of Father Johann Ernst Hanxleden (1681-1732) missionary S.J., who is known to have written a grammar of Malayalam.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance

Custodial History

Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835.