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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13701
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: Jain canonical text of the Śvetāmbara tradition in Prakrit with Gujarati commentary and illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati and Prakrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 27x12,5 cm. 82 folios. Interlinear commentary. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13703
Title:: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka
Scope & Content:: Extracts from the Tipitaka traditionally used for funerals. Fols. 1-2: Vinayapiṭaka - Parivāra Fols. 3-4: Vinayapiṭaka - Suttavibhanga - Pārājika Fols. 5-7: Suttantapiṭaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 7-8: Dhammasanganī Fol. 9: Vibhanga Fols. 9-10: Dhātukathā Fols. 10-12: Puggal...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 81 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13706
Title:: West African Illuminated Qur'an and Carrying Case
Scope & Content:: A richly illuminated copy of the Qur'an, probably Hausa. Probably from Nigeria. The writing style is not consistent, changing slightly in size and style throughout. There are some additions and crossings out in a later hand as well as pre-BL repairs, suggesting the book was passed down to several...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 582 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13741
Title:: Bhaktāmara-stotra
Scope & Content:: Bhaktāmara-stotra: Jain devotional hymn in Sanskrit. Illustrated with yantras.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 24 folios, 29,5x13cm, 9 lines. 48 verses with diagrams.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13758
Title:: Bhagavad Gita
Scope & Content:: A fine version of the Bhagavad Gita from the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra with the full Sanskrit text and twenty-two miniatures depicting scenes from the Mahabharata and avatars of Vishnu. A note dated Novemeber 1877 by the former owner Sir M. Monier Williams is attached to the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1824
Extent:: 1 item (bound volume 11.5 x 18.5 cm, covers lined in red velvet)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13786
Title:: Āvaśyakaniryukti
Scope & Content:: Āvaśyakaniryukti in Prakrit with prefixed Therāvalī. Jain Śvetāmbara doctrinal text.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 15th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 37 folios, 29,5x11,5 cm. 19 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13801
Title:: Patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) [Abkai wehiyehe-i juwan ningguci aniya omšon biyai orin sunja de. Abkai hesei g'aoming] [ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᠸᡝᡥᡞᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᡞᡢᡤᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠣᠮᡧᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᡩᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡬᠠᠣᠮᡞᡢ] [Qianlong shi liu nian feng tian gao ming] [乾隆十六年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) conferring honours upon the parents of Io Ci Šeng (ᠢᠣ ᠴᠢ ᡧᡝᡢ) / You Qisheng (尤起盛), who holds the position of Uju jergi hiya [...] nonggiha (ᡠᠵᡠ ᠵᡝᠷᡤᡞ ᡥᡞᠶᠠ [...] ᠨᠣᡢᡤᡞᡥᠠ) / Tou deng hu wei jia yi ji (頭等護衛加一級) [Officer of the Imperial Guard of ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1752
Extent:: 1 scroll in silk brocade cover

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13890
Title:: Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā’ تذكرة الفقهاء Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf ابن المطهر الحلي، الحسن بن يوسف
Scope & Content:: A portion of a compendium of formal legal opinions and decisions on legal cases according to the Shī’ah school of Islamic law by Jamal al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf (جمال الدين الحسن بن يوسف), called Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī (ابن المطهر الحلي). Two parts are bound in one volume: Part 7 (folios 2v-...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. 199

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13912
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. The illustrations represent celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell Illustrations: Five paired illustrations
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 74 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13921
Title:: Padmapurana (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Extract from the Padmapurana in Sanskrit written in the Newari script during the reign of Jaya Rayamalla.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1500
Extent:: Palm leaf in pothi format, 62 folios with decorated metal boards.

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