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2041. Or 13379

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13379
Title:
Bharatayuddha illustrations
Scope & Content:
Bharatayuddha illustrations. Each leaf is fully illustrated with a rectangular text box in the centre, with the names of the characters in romanised script, and is blank on the reverse. Probably created for the tourist market in the mid-20th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:

10 folios

2042. Or 13380

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13380
Title:
Balinese illustrated text on the afterlife
Scope & Content:
Text on the afterlife, according to Prof. C. Hooykaas. F. 1 contains 4 lines of text in Balinese language and script; ff. 2-5 are finely and fully illustrated, with captions. Probably created in the mid-20th century. The MS is accompanied by a 2-page typed transliteration of the Balinese text...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:

5 folios

2043. Or 13385

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13385
Title:
Matsutake monogatari 松竹物語
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of the Pine and Bamboo'. Title on title slip: 'Matsutake monogatari emaki 松竹物語絵巻. An illustrated otogizōshi story of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a married couple who lived for a thousand years in the days of Emperor Itoku 懿徳天皇, tradi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:
1 scroll

2044. Or 13465

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13465
Title:
Peshitta - ܦܫܝܛܬܐ
Scope & Content:
The New Testament, containing : ff. 1v-8r : A guide to the contents of the four Gospels ff. 8v-39r : Gospel of Matthew (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܡܐܬܝ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܩܕܡ ܝܠܕܐ) ff. 39v-60r : Gospel of Mark (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫ ܕܡܪܩܘܣ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܢܓܗ ܥܐܕܐ ܕܐܕܕܚܝܐ) ff. 60v-97v : Gospel of Luke (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕ ܕܠܘܩܐ ܩܪ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1475
Extent:
1 text, 272 ff

2045. Or 13490

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13490
Title:
Two Kawisesan magic texts
Scope & Content:
Two Kawisesan magic texts, in different hands. Contains some kūṭa (drawings of sacral figures) on ff. 15, 16, 17, 24, 26. Both texts incomplete and perhaps out of order. At the very end is annotated a date in green ink: "24/2-47", perhaps added by a reader.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
19th-20th centuries
Extent:

28 folios

2046. Or 13502

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13502
Title:
Gitagovinda
Scope & Content:
Sanskrit poem by Jayadeva (born in the12th century) on the love of Krishna and Radha also seen as a symbol of the straying of the human soul and its redemption through devotion to God. Most folios have incised drawings in good Orissan style of the 18th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
63 folios (numbered 1-15, 15-62), palm leaves (4.5 x 24 cm) pothi format, 5 lines between ruled margins.

2047. Or 13518

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13518
Title:
Illustrated scenes from Ramayana Kakawin
Scope & Content:
Scenes from the Rāmāyaṇa Kakawin. Drawings on one side of the leaf with 2 lines of text in Balinese on the other. Crudely drawn illustrations and careless spelling; probably created for the tourist market.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:

7 folios

2048. Or 13557

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13557
Title:
Patent of Jiaqing 14 (1809) [Saicungga fengšen-i juwan duici aniya aniya biyai ice. Abkai hesei ulhibure fungnehen] [ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ ᠢ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡩᡠᠢᠢᠴᠢ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠵᠣᠷᡤᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠢᠴᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡠᠯᡥᡞᠪᡠᠷᡝ ᡶᡠᡢᠨᡝᡥᡝᠨ] [Jiaqing shi si nian feng tian gao ming] [嘉慶十四年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:
Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Jaiqing 14 (1809) awarding posthumous honours to the parents of Haišeng (ᡥᠠᠢᠢᡧᡝᡢ) / Haisheng (海昇), who was the Halhūn be jailara gurung ni nirui janggin (ᡥᠠᠯᡥᡡᠨ ᠪᡝ ᠵᠠᠢᠢᠯᠠᠷᠠ ᡤᡠᠷᡠᡢ ᠨᠢ ᠨᠢᠷᡠᠢ ᠵᠠᡢᡤᡞᠨ) / Rehe zuo ling (熱河佐領). His father becomes Horon be iletulehe jan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:
1809
Extent:

1 scroll

2049. Or 13804

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13804
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscript containing: ff.2r-3v Nersēs Shnorhali's Hawatov Khostovanim, verse 17 to the end f.2v Full-page miniature of the Virgin and Child ff.4r-26r Canon I f.26v Blank, except for short inscription ff.27r-54r Canon II f.54v Inscription ff.55r-v Eulogy in verse ff.56r-88r C...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian
Date Range:
1283
Extent:
Codex, 261 ff

2050. Or 13808

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13808
Title:
The Four Gospels
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscript containing: The Four Gospels. f.2r Flyleaf, fragment of a sharakan (hymn) ff.3v-12v Canon Tables and Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus (including blank pages) ff.13r-106v Gospel of St Matthew ff.106v-167v Gospel of St Mark ff.168r-261r Gospel of St Luke ff.261v-328v G...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

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