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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13278
Title:: Anaphora of the Virgin Mary
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 3r- 39v. The Anaphora of the Virgin Mary by Cyriacus, Bishop of Behnesa. Title: አኰቴተ ቍርባን ዘእግዝእትነ ማርያም ዘደረሰ አባ ሕርያቆስ ኤጲስ ቆጶስ ዘሀገረ ብሕንሳ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በእንተ እግዝእትነ ማርያም ወላዲተ አምላክ. ff. 39v-88v. Amharic version of the መጸሐፈ ሥርዓት, Mäṣhafä S’er’at. ff. 88v-91v. Thr...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13284
Title:: West African Qur'an
Scope & Content:: The first 23 folios are part of a richly illuminated copy of the Qur'an, with marginal gloss. From West Africa, probably Nigeria. After the 23rd folio, this is a less refined copy. Trefoils in red ink with yellow filling after each verse, and after every fifth verse a hāʾ/number five in black fil...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 558 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13294
Title:: Aḍhāīdvīpa
Scope & Content:: Aḍhāīdvīpa: a diagram of the universe according to the Śvetāmbara tradition of Jainism. The text in Sanskrit and Gujarati is organized in four sections, around the painting.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th C
Extent:: Cloth. 66,5 x 69 cm. Colourful. Kept under a glass frame.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13342
Title:: Kalpasūtra fragments.
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: fragments from the canonical Śvetāmbara text in Prakrit with illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. Four illustrated folios: Or. 13342 (1)-(4) kept in four separate glass frames which has been edged with green leather. They belong to the same ms. 26 x 10 cm.; 7 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13454
Title:: Saṁgrahaṇīratna by Śrīcandra.
Scope & Content:: Saṁgrahaṇīratna: Jain Śvetāmbara text on cosmology in Prakrit with illustrations and diagrams.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 25 x 11 cm. 10 lines. Lavishly illustrated

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13455
Title:: Kalpasūtra with Sanskrit glosses.
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: incomplete version of the canonical Śvetāmbara text in Prakrit with Sanskrit glosses and illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 15th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 90 folios; 28 x 9 cm, 8 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13456
Title:: Saṁgrahaṇīratna with Gujarati commentary
Scope & Content:: Saṁgrahaṇīratna in Prakrit by Śrīcandra with Dharmameru's Gujarati. commentary. Jain cosmological work of the Śvetāmbara tradition with illustrations and diagrams.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati and Prakrit
Date Range:: 19th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 92 folios; 28,5 x 13,5 cm. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13475
Title:: Kālakācārya-kathā
Scope & Content:: Kālakācārya-kathā in Sanskrit in the version known as Śrīvīravākyānumatam. Verse tale of the Jain Śvetāmbara tradition.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 9 folios; 28x12 cm, 9 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13524
Title:: Sālibhadra-caupāī by Matisāra.
Scope & Content:: Sālibhadra-caupāī by Matisāra: verse tale in Gujarati of the Śvetāmbara Jain tradition.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 37 folios; 28x11,5 cm. 11 lines. Richly illustrated with 43 well-preserved illustrations. With a lacuna.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13538
Title:: ပဉ္စကနိပါတ်ဆူရေ၁။၂၅ဇာတ်ဘုရား
Scope & Content:: Scenes from the Jātaka stories, from Pañcanipāta. Illustrations: Contains illustrations of 21 stories, from the Maṇikundala Jātaka to the Dīghītikosala Jātaka.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 137 folds

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