This volume contains an account of the inscriptions of the monuments of Delhi including illustrations and diagrams. It was originally compiled by Ḥāfiẓ al-Dīn Aḥmad. This manuscript was copied by Aṣghār ˁalī Beg, known as Sangīn Beg, the author of Sayyir al-manāzil (Add MS 24053). Some text copi...
The Bhagavad Gita, poem in form of a dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna. The Sanskrit text (700 verses divided in eighteen chapters), inscribed in black and red ink in clear Devanagari writing, is illustrated by seventeen miniature paintings in coloured frames with floral decorations depictin...
Two rubbing inscriptions of the Stele of Sulaiman from the Mogao Caves. '莫高窟' (Mogao Caves) shows on the top, following a four-armed Avalokiteshvara seated in the middle. Surrounding the Boddhisattvas are 'Om mani padme hum' in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, Phags-pa, and Tangut. The st...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Tangut, Tibetan, and Uighur
CAST of a seal in Nagari characters being an invocation to Rama in doggerel Sanskrit, probably early 19th cent. Used to seal a letter written by Henry Edward Fox, afterwards 4th Baron Holland, to Eleanor, wife of John Nicholas Fazakerley, M.P., dated at Elba 5 October 1827, now Add. MS. 61937, f...
Collection of detached seals which may be original impressions detached from the documents of which they once formed a part, casts of original impressions, or modern impressions from surviving matrices. Some detached seals are also to be found in the Sloane and Cotton charters collections, and t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Sanskrit
The Transactions cover the following geographic regions: India, the Middle East (especially Arabia and the Persian Gulf), East Africa (including Zanzibar), and Japan. The subjects covered by the Transactions include the following: geography; meteorology; languages; travel and exploration; histo...