On the Trail of Malay Manuscripts (repost)
Let me repost this short lovely article by Zaharah Othman on Datuk Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop, as I also highly respect Dr. Gallop for her great dedication to the study and preservation of Malay manuscripts. It is my honor to know her personally and to involve in several joint projects with her relating to manuscripts from the Malay world.
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- August 14, 2017 @ 7:05pm
Some of the finest Malay manuscripts from the collection of the British Library are on their way to Singapore now for an exhibition entitled Tales from the Malay World: Manuscripts and Early Malay Books. Bringing 16 Malay manuscripts from the British Library and guarding them jealously (understandably so), is the lead curator of the Southeast Asian Collection, Datuk Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, who will be speaking authoritatively on the illuminations and the exquisite masterpieces; a rich heritage of the Malay world.
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- August 14, 2017 @ 7:05pm
Some of the finest Malay manuscripts from the collection of the British Library are on their way to Singapore now for an exhibition entitled Tales from the Malay World: Manuscripts and Early Malay Books. Bringing 16 Malay manuscripts from the British Library and guarding them jealously (understandably so), is the lead curator of the Southeast Asian Collection, Datuk Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, who will be speaking authoritatively on the illuminations and the exquisite masterpieces; a rich heritage of the Malay world.
Gallop, who studied Maths, took a totally different career path after her PhD on Malay Seals. She had taken a keen interest in the Malay world and what it has to offer, delving into the Malay world during what must have been its glorious years.
As an authority on Malay manuscripts, letters, documents and seals and the art of the Islamic book in Southeast Asia, an exhibition and a conference on Malay manuscript would not be complete without her presence.