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Some of the Tibetan Lamas
(Irish Independent, Sept. 16 1925, p. 3)
The 1924 Mallory / Irvine expedition to Everest was largely financed by John Noel’s silent film Epic of Everest. Screenings were preceded by musical and dance performances from six “dancing lamas” (in fact one lama and five monks) who had been…
La vie de Saint François Xavier de la compagnie de Jésus apôtre des Indes et du Japon (map)
The pioneer Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier’s travels took him to much of maritime South and East Asia, including Ceylon and Japan. The cult of Xavier in Ireland has involved widespread distribution of hagiographies and biographies. Bouhours’ text…
Irish English Primer map
Aesop’s fables are part of a pan-Eurasian folklore tradition shared with the Jataka tales of the Buddha’s previous lives: tales such as “The fox and the crow” appear in Aesop with one moral and in the Jatakas with a very different interpretation.…
Irish English Primer (title page)
Aesop’s fables are part of a pan-Eurasian folklore tradition shared with the Jataka tales of the Buddha’s previous lives: tales such as “The fox and the crow” appear in Aesop with one moral and in the Jatakas with a very different interpretation.…
Growing up into Buddhism
Sramanera Jivaka (Michael Dillon), Growing up into Buddhism (Calcutta 1960). Born the sister of the Baronet of Lismullen in Meath, Dillon (1915 – 1962) became the world’s first female to male transsexual through plastic surgery and is a worldwide…
Freeman’s Journal, April 23 1920, p. 1
This 1920 newspaper advertisement is perhaps one of the first appearances of ‘Buddha’ as a generic authority for gnomic feel-good statements aimed at a consumer market.
Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Friday, December 27, 1878)
This extract from the Freeman’s Journal, December 1878, reports on the religion of the Burmese people “which has often been observed in its external aspect to bear a striking resemblance to primitive Christianity”.
China, in a series of views, displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire
(title page)
China, in a series of views, displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire.
Allom’s very popular illustrated travel books are a late reflection of the earlier tradition of travel writing but also demonstrate its…
Allom’s very popular illustrated travel books are a late reflection of the earlier tradition of travel writing but also demonstrate its…
China, in a series of views, displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire
(Temple of Buddha)
China, in a series of views, displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire.
Allom’s very popular illustrated travel books are a late reflection of the earlier tradition of travel writing but also demonstrate its…
Allom’s very popular illustrated travel books are a late reflection of the earlier tradition of travel writing but also demonstrate its…