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6471. MSS Avestan 24

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 24
Title:
Zoroastrian liturgy
Scope & Content:
Zoroastrian liturgy in Avestan, called Vaẓarkard (title in Persian), on the ceremonies connected with the barsom and dron followed by the Pazand Patīt (ff. 155-63). Colophons in Pazand (f. 154r) and Gujarati (f. 154v): completed on the day Khurdad Ameshaspand (6th) in the month Fravardin yea...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
1761
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+154+vi

6472. MSS Avestan 25

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 25
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
The Khordah Avesta in Avestan with Persian translation. Contents: Introductory prayers, 5 Nyāishes, Hormazd Yasht; Āfrīnagāns: Gahanbār, Gāthā and Dahman. ff. iv verso-1r: explanatory note and contents in Persian. Colophon (f. 84v): copied for Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay 1795-1811) ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1808
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+87

6473. MSS Avestan 26

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 26
Title:
Zoroastrian texts
Scope & Content:
Zoroastrian texts comprising: (1) An imperfect copy of the Pahlavi Stāyišn ī sīrōzag, or praise of 30 days (ff. 1r-38r); (2) Pīrsad in Avestan, glossed in Persian as kīriyā-yi yazishnī, with occasional rubrics in upturned Gujarati, and Persian colophon dated Srosh (17th) of the month Day...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
1737
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+84+iii

6474. MSS Avestan 27

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 27
Title:
Visperad
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Visperad ending on f. 121v. Lacks final pages.Note on f 1r: "Guises Catalogue 4to No 58" followed by a long note describing the work, possibly by the East India Company Librarian Charles Wilkins, which is continued on f. 123v (now upside down).A short note in Gujarat also on f. 123v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Pahlavi
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

ii+122+i folios

6475. MSS Avestan 28

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 28
Title:
Rivayats in Pahlavi and Persian
Scope & Content:
Pahlavi and Persian rivayats. Former number: Z&P XXVIII.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pahlavi and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+178+iii+iii

6476. MSS Avestan 29

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 29
Title:
Yasna
Scope & Content:
Yasna with interlinear Pahlavi and New Persian versions. Copied in Rustampura, Surat, by Faramarz, son of Asfandiyarji ibn Naoroji of Surat, for Behdin Faramarzji Cowasji Banaji on Mihr (12th day) of Shahrivar 1194 AY qadimi, Samvat 1881, Saka era 1746 (1825). Former number: Z&P XXIX.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
1825
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+452+iv

6477. MSS Avestan 30

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 30
Title:
Denkard
Scope & Content:
Copy of the seventh book of the Denkard, a 10th-century compendium of Zoroastrian beliefs and customs in Pahlavi, copied from a manuscript in the Mulla Firuz Library Bombay. Copy bound from left to right. Annotated heavily in French. Former number: Z&P XXX.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Pahlavi
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+65

6478. Mss Burmese 211 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Burmese 211 A
Title:
[Title of a high official]
Scope & Content:
Gold strip with one line inscribed as "ကမ္ဘောဇဝံသဇေယျရာဇ" (Kambhojavaṃsa Jeyyarāja). An accompanying note reads "These two strips of gold foil are the sanads or commissions from Theebaw to Twek nga lu, the bandit cheet 'd dispossess Monè of Shan State + Kentawng by force (no doubt Theebaw was b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 gold strip

6479. Mss Burmese 211 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Burmese 211 B
Title:
[Title of a high official]
Scope & Content:
Gold strip with one line inscribed as "မဟာသီရိရာဇသိုစံဘွား" (Mahāsīrirāja Suicaṃbhvā˝). An accompanying note reads "These two strips of gold foil are the sanads or commissions from Theebaw to Twek nga lu, the bandit cheet 'd dispossess Monè of Shan State + Kentawng by force (no doubt Theebaw wa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 gold strip

6480. Mss Burmese 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Burmese 212
Title:
[Title of a High Official]
Scope & Content:
Title of a high official.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 gold strip

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