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1. Add MS 8994

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Title:
Miscellaneous Zoroastrian works
Scope & Content:
A collection of Zoroastrian works in Avestan (in Persian script) and Persian containing: ff. 1v-37. Orhrmazd yasht, Avestan in Persian scriptff. 37r-45v. Sawgand nāmah, on taking oaths, in Persianff. 46r-61r. Obligations and religious observances in Persianff. 61v-73v. Naṣīḥat nāmah-i Buzurjmihr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1857
Extent:

Codex; ff. 139+ii

2. Add MS 8995

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Title:
Selection of yashts
Scope & Content:
A collection of yashts in Avestan, followed by patēt, transcribed in Persian script. Imperfect at the beginning with the first folio numbered 40 in Persian. Contents comprise: Ohrmazd yasht, beginning with verse 5 (ff. 2r-10v) Ardibihisht yasht (ff. 10v-17r) Srōsh yasht hadōkht (ff. 17r-24v) ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
1775
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+53+ii

3. Add MS 8996

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Title:
Selection of yashts and prayers
Scope & Content:
A collection of yashts and prayers in Avestan and Middle Persian, transcribed into Persian script. Contents include: Bahrām yasht (ff. 1r-17v) Ātash Niyāyish (ff. 18r-22v) Miscellaneous prayers (ff. 22v-63v) Prayer against the evil eye in Avestan script (f. 64) Colophon (f. 65r): copied by Kay...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
1855
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+65+i

4. Add MS 8997

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Title:
Avestan Dron and other texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of drōn and other works in Avestan with headings and some introductory text in Persian. Folios 170-193 have been transcribed in Persian script. The manuscript is a composite of two items bound together: an older part (ff. 77-165, 170-97) which is supplemented by a newer part (ff...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
18th or 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+205+iii

5. Add MS 18396

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Title:
AVESTA YAZISHNA, one of the sacred books of the ancient Persians. Zend. Paper; written in the year 1105 of Yezdegerd (A.D. 1737). Small Folio. [Add. 18,396.]
Scope & Content:
Avesta Yazishna: : Zend.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan
Date Range:
1737
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 22377

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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

7. Add MS 22379

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Title:
Pahlavi-Avestan-Persian glossary
Scope & Content:
A copy of a Pahlavi glossary with transliteration into Avestan and Pazand and explanation in Persian. Contents: f. 1v: Seven introductory verses in Persian in muqtarab metre; f. 2r-3r. Comparative table of the Pahlavi, Avestan and Persian alphabets; ff. 3v-39r: Glossary in 24 chapters arranged...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
Late 18th or early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+39+iii

8. Arundel Or 54

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Arundel Or 54
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
An early 17th century Iranian copy of the Yasna ritual, the Yasna sādah, without any commentary.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+149+iii

9. 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

10. EAP888/1/1

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EAP888/1/1
Title:
خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta) خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)
Scope & Content:
The scroll contains several prayers. Since there is no sign of using this manuscript at ceremonies, it can be inferred that the scroll was indeed a talisman which was believed to bring luck to the owner and repelled the devil. The script is Persian. The languages used are Avestan, Pazand and Pers...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
34 TIFF images, 591 MB