Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Part 2)
Project leader
Helen Wang, curator of East Asian Money
Department
Coins and Medals
Partner
Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The British Library
Supported by
The British Academy
The British Museum
Sino-British Fellowship Trust
Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) is renowned for his archaeological exploration in Central Asia, China and India. He spent most of his career associated with British or Indian institutions, and his extensive collections and publications revolutionised oriental studies in the twentieth century.
Stein was Hungarian by birth. Throughout his life he maintained strong links with the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and made regular donations, including his personal library, working papers and photographs.
A very successful international project 1999-2002 between the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the British Museum and the British Library resulted in the publication of Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the HungarianAcademyof Sciences (2002). More materials came to light, and the international team was reformed in 2005 for a two-year project to complete the cataloguing of the Stein collection in the Library.
This project has been completed. The catalogue was published in 2007.
John Falconer, Agnes Karteszi, Agnes Kelecsenyi, Lilla Russell Smith as Supplement to the Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, 2007, ISBN 978-963-508-545-3)
Publications
J. Falconer, A. Karteszi, A. Kelecsenyi, L. Russell-Smith (E. Apor and H. Wang eds.), Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (Budapest: LHAS and British Museum, 2002)
