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Total number of records: 1041

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1041
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1041

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies184
folklore15
romani language13
cant8
folk songs, english8
minorities8
english language7
romani poetry7
ballads, english6
crime6

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain13
Europe10
United States10
England7
Bulgaria5
Germany4
New Forest (England : Forest)4
Spain4
Ethiopia3
France3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Gypsy Lore Society24
Association Des Etudes Tsiganes22
Uhlik, Rade21
Azpiazu, Jose De (1912-1986)18
National Gypsy Education Council15
Courthiade, Marcel14
Hancock, Ian F13
British and Foreign Bible Society12
Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841)11
Great Britain11

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From 16008
From 170038
From 1800120
From 1900404
From 20005

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Up to 179924
Up to 1899131
Up to 1999391
Up to latest22

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Romany Collection (Brotherton Collection)

One of the outstanding resources in the United Kingdom for the study of Gypsies and Travellers. Originally assembled by Lord Brotherton's niece-in-law, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (Mrs McGrigor Phillips), a...

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The University of Leeds review

University of Leeds

v.6, no.1 June 1958 Two copies. Includes (pp. 51-60) 'The University's Romany collection', by John S. Andrews

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Reminiscences of Canon D.M.M. Bartlett

Bartlett, Donald M M (1873-1969); Wilkinson, A M

1969

Chapter 5 (pp. 73-79) is on "Gypsies".

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Moeurs des Bohémiens de la Moldavie et de la Valachie

Bernard, H of Montmorency

1869

Contains also Jules César et Vercingétorix, p. 69-150.

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Somnálŭ Evángelie (ílŭ) Maté︠i︡atarŭ

Atanasakievʺ, Angel; American Bible Society; British and Foreign Bible Society

1932

Matthew's Gospel in the Kalderash dialect of Romany. When written in cyrillic script, as here, this dialect sometimes referrred to as 'Tinsmiths'. With apparently alternative renderings, sometimes w...

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Somnálŭ Evángelie (ketapi) kataro Ioanŭ

Atanasakievʺ, Angel; American Bible Society; British and Foreign Bible Society

1937

John's Gospel in the Kalderash dialect of Romany. When written in cyrillic script, as here, this dialect sometimes referrred to as 'Tinsmiths'.

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Shavved then got latchered = Lost and found

British and Foreign Bible Society

1973

"Luke 15 in Romany... and Today's English version".

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O Woyako-Hiro katar o Jesuskasko Christuskasko banasgimmo ä Johannestar

Sattler, Jaija; Zeller, Frieda; British and Foreign Bible Society

1930

The Gospel of St. John, translated into Lovari dialect (North German Romany) by Jaija Sattler and Frieda Zeller.

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The wilder shores of love

Blanch, Lesley

1954

"Isabel Burton: a two-headed profile", includes references to gypsies.

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Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881); Darlow, T H (1858-1927); British and Foreign Bible Society

1911

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The Cornhill magazine

v. 7 January-June 1863 'Our survey of literature and science' includes (pp. 137-8) a review of George Borrow's 'Wild Wales'. Bookplate of Robert M. Dawson, item no. 426

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