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Dr Annabel Teh Gallop FBA

Writing traditions, book cultures and the art of the Qur’an in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean world; Malay and Indonesian manuscripts, letters, documents and seals, and comparative Islamic diplomatics

Elected 2019

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2019
Sections
Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Website
https://www.bl.uk/people/experts/annabel-teh-gallop

Annabel Gallop joined the British Library in 1986 as Curator for Maritime Southeast Asia, and almost all her research has been rooted in the Library’s rich collections from the Malay world. Her first exhibition in 1989 was on Early Malay Printing, 1603-1900, followed by Golden Letters: Writing Traditions of Indonesia (1991) and The Legacy of the Malay Letter (1994). A particular interest in the formal aspects of letters and documents led to her 2002 Ph.D. on Malay seals, yielding her recent catalogue of Malay Seals from the Islamic World of Southeast Asia (2019).  Her current work is on the art of the Qur’an in Southeast Asia.  A common thread running through all her research is an appreciation of the material and cultural aspects of manuscripts as a crucial complement to their textual value.

Digital access to Malay and Indonesian manuscripts and related blog posts is available on the British Library's Malay blog.

Complete list of publications

Current post

Head, Southeast Asia section, The British Library

Past appointments

Indonesian-Malay section, BBC World Service Senior Producer

1985 - 1986

Publications

Malay Seals from the Islamic World of Southeast Asia

Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 2019 by NUS Press

In association with the British Library

From Anatolia to Aceh: Ottomans, Turks and Southeast Asia

Edited by Annabel Teh Gallop and Andrew Peacock - Published in 2015 by OUP/British Academy

Proceedings of the British Academy; 200

Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain: a catalogue of manuscripts in Indonesian languages in British public collections

M C Ricklefs, P Voorhoeve and Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 2014 by Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia, Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia

New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda

Lasting impressions: seals from the Islamic world

Annabel Teh Gallop and Venetia Porter - Published in 2012 by Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

In association with the British Library and the British Museum

The legacy of the Malay letter: Warisan Warkah Melayu

Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 1994 by British Library for the National Archives of Malaysia

Early views of Indonesia: Pemandangan Indonesia di masa lampau

Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 1995 by The British Library / University of Hawai'i Press

Golden letters: writing traditions of Indonesia / Surat emas: budaya tulis di Indonesia

Annabel Teh Gallop and Bernard Arps - Published in 1991 by The British Library / Yayasan Lontar

Fakes or fancies? Some ‘problematic’ Islamic manuscripts from Southeast Asia

Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 2017 by Manuscript cultures

The early use of seals in the Malay world

Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 2016 by Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient

A Jawi sourcebook for the study of Malay palaeography and orthography

Edited by Annabel Teh Gallop - Published in 2015 by Indonesia and the Malay World

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