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1. Add MS 22377

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Add MS 22377
Title:
Visperad
Scope & Content:
An incomplete copy of the Visperad with a verse by verse translation into Pahlavi. Note by former owner (f. 46v): "Hunc Librum Visperad (a Vendidad Sade desumptum) a sacerdote pauperi Feriduno emi - Surati Jan. 3 1822. Teste Tahemurathe Mobedo". Text begins on folio 2r.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
Late 18th or early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+46+iv

2. EAP888/1

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EAP888/1
Title:
Houman Fravahri Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains two manuscripts, one in the form of a scroll and another one in the form of a tiny book. Both manuscripts are likely to have been composed in Kerman. Both of these manuscripts are Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta), which contain several prayers for daily prayer. The scroll, h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1915-1935
Extent:
358 Tiff images

3. EAP888/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/2
Title:
Pedram Soroushpour Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains two volumes. One of the volumes has a colophon providing the name of the scribe and the date of composition of the manuscript. Both manuscripts were probably composed in Kerman. Both of these manuscripts are Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta), which contain several prayers for...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1900-1915
Extent:
338 Tiff images

4. EAP888/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/3
Title:
Katayoun Mazdapour Collection
Scope & Content:
There is only one Persian manuscript of the Avesta in this collection. This voluminous book has 26 prayers.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1915-1925
Extent:
368 Tiff images

5. EAP888/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/4
Title:
Vahid Zolfaqari Collection
Scope & Content:
There is only one Persian manuscript of the Avesta in this collection. This book has 17 prayers
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
210 Tiff images

6. EAP1014/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1
Title:
Arbab Mehraban Poulad’s Archive
Scope & Content:
The archival material includes 11 Avestan manuscripts (five Videvdāds, four Yasnās, one Vajyašt Gahanbār with Doruns and one Xorde Avesta), with a total of more than 8000 pages and more than 15,000 of dated historical, economic, and legal documents regarding the religious minority of Zoroastrian...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
4627 TIFF images

7. Or 11967

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11967
Title:
Dasātīr-i āsmānī by Azar Kayvan and other Azar Kayvani treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: (1) Dasātīr-i āsmānī (دساتیر آسمانی), by the philosopher priest Aẕar Kayvān (1533-1618), a collection of invocations to 16 pre-Islamic prophets, including Zoroaster, which were composed in a unique celestial language (overlined in red) accompanied by a Persian translation and comments ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
Late 17th or early 18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+72+ii