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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 1386
Title:: Bṛhaccūrṇivyākhyā
Scope & Content:: Bṛhaccūrṇivyākhyā (Jain Śvetāmbara): Sanskrit commentary on the Jītakalpa (composed in V.S. 1227). It is also called Ṭippana (Viṣamapadavyākhyā) and comments on the eleven Prakrit verses of the cūrṇi and then the difficult expressions found in the following prose portion. Śrīcandrasūri was the...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 13th C
Extent:: Palm leaf, poṭhi format, 78 folios. 30x5cm.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 1435
Title:: Collection of twenty-six Druze texts.
Scope & Content:: Volume two of a collection of Druze texts. The contents are the same as in Add MS 11559.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. 100

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2083
Title:: Book of the Rite of the Holy Week.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-218r. Gebrä Hemamat “Book of the Rite of the Holy Week”. The lectionary for palm Sunday and passion week. f. 218r. Colophon containing the name of the lady who commissioned the manuscripts, Malakotawit, along with that the scribe, Tasfa Iyasus.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1694-1706
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2165
Title:: Qur'ān
Scope & Content:: Contains Sūrah 7:40 - Sūrah 9:96; Sūrah 10: 9 - Sūrah 39:48; Sūrah 40:63 - Sūrah 43:71
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 8th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. 121

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2198
Title:: ተአምሪሃ ለማርያም Miracles of the Virgin Mary.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r-13r. Miracles of the Virgin Mary, ተአምሪሃ ለማርያም, seven in number. The beginning of the manuscript, containing the first miracle and a part of the second, is missing. ff. 14r-20v. miracles of the Archangel Michael, ተአምሪሁ ለሚካኤል ሊቀ መላእክት, five in number. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2667
Title:: 御制實心行政說 Yu zhi shi xin xing zheng shuo [Treatise on the Art of Government]
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the art of government: essay by the Jiaqing Emperor, copied with a postscript by Dong Hao. The item contains several seals of Emperors and of Shiqu Baoji and Sanxi Tang. Title on the front cover: Cheng fu zhi zhi, 誠孚郅治.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: c.1711-1799
Extent:: 1 volume (28 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 3493
Title:: [Muntakhab-i] Dīvān-i Navā’ī / منتخب ديوان نوائي
Scope & Content:: Selected poems from Navā’ī’s Dīvān. Copied by Sulṭān-‘Alī Mashhadī and illuminated. The collection of poetry is defective.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chagatai
Date Range:: 15th-16th Century
Extent:: 1 text; 9 ff.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 3494
Title:: Kuasala ainmakan
Scope & Content:: Mahāsupina Jātaka about the dreams of King Pasenadi, the King of Kosala. Buddhist prophecies.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 20 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4410
Title:: Minārat al-aqdās - ܡܢܐܪ̈ܗ ܐܠܐܩܪܐܣ
Scope & Content:: A Garshuni translation of Bar Hebraeus'' work Menarat Qudše, "the Lamp of the Sanctuary". ff. 1-4v : Various illustrations of the Cross as the Tree of Life. f. 5v. : The cross with a guide the views of the main Eastern Christian sects on the nature of Christ f. 6r: A map of the Temple f. 6v:...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:: 1696
Extent:: 1 text, 213 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4574
Title:: Patent of Jiaqing 11 (1807) [Saicungga fengšen-i juwan emuci aniya jorgon biyai juwan juwe. Abkai hesei ulhibure fungnehen] [ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ ᠢ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡝᠮᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠵᠣᠷᡤᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡠᠯᡥᡞᠪᡠᠷᡝ ᡶᡠᡢᠨᡝᡥᡝᠨ] [Jiaqing shi yi nian feng tian gao ming] [嘉慶十一年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese in which the Jiaqing Emperor awards posthumous titles to the parents of the Aliyara aisilakū hafan (ᠠᠯᠢᠶᠠᠷᠠ ᠠᠢᠢᠰᡞᠯᠠᡣᡡ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ) / Hou xuan yuan wai lang (候選員外郎), Li Lide (李立德). His father, Li Quan (李銓), becomes Tušan kicehe daifan (ᡨᡠᡧᠠᠨ ᡣᡞᠴᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᠠᠢᠢᡫᠠᠨ) / Chao Yi dai fu (朝議...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 1 scroll

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