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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15084
Title:: Kammavācā กรรมวาจา
Scope & Content:: Kammavācā (Kammavaca), a Buddhist text for the ordination of monks from Lanna (Northern Thailand). Apparently in the handwriting of the former abbot of Wat Mae Kuey in Lampang. Dated "Chulasakkarat 1243 duan 3 khun 14 kham" (5 December 1881 CE). Colophon: ปถมมูลสัทธาเจ้าบุนปันเปนเคล้าลูกเต้าพี...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 1881
Extent:: 8 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15209
Title:: Treatise on pressure massage ตำรานวด
Scope & Content:: Treatise on Thai pressure massage (tamrā nūat). With male and female figures and pressure massage points explained in black and red ink. Fragment.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15391
Title:: Set of eight Korean administrative maps
Scope & Content:: Eight administrative maps of the traditional provinces of Korea. 1: Kyŏnggido 京畿道 ; 2: Kyŏngsangdo 慶尙道 ; 3: Chungchŏngdo 忠淸道 ; 4: Hamgyongdo 咸鏡南道 ; 5: P’yŏngando 平安道 ; 6: Kangwŏndo 江原道 ; 7: Hwanghaedo 黃海道 ; 8: Chŏllado 全羅道. The name of the province is in large characters, flanked by a "right" ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Korean
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 8 sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15403
Title:: Prayer scroll
Scope & Content:: An Armenian scroll containing a selection of prayers and intercessions, including one in Turkish in Armenian script. Eight miniatures: Madonna with Child, portrait of St John the Baptist, standing figure of St Stephen in profile holding a replica of a church, figure of St Gregory the Enlightene...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Armenian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1767
Extent:: 1 item, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15419
Title:: Treatise on horses and cats ตำราม้าและแมว
Scope & Content:: Descriptions of horses and cats. Illustrations: Coloured illustrations of horses and cats on each folio.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 54 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15456
Title:: A critical inquiry into the life of Alexander the Great
Scope & Content:: An Armenian manuscript containing: An Armenian translation of the French Examen critique des anciens historiens d'Alexandre-le-Grand, perhaps the 2nd French edition, made by an unknown translator. The text is incomplete, having only the Preface, Introduction and the first 3 chapters.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Armenian
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item, 275 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15567
Title:: Cat treatise ตำราแมว with texts on fortune telling and pressure massage
Scope & Content:: A collection of texts related to fortune telling, divination and pressure massage. Descriptions of good and bad cats. Dated to 1824 A.D. (1186 Chulasakkarat Era) in colophon on fol. 54. Illustrations: Fol. 1: A male mythical figure carrying a woman or apsara Fols. 2-6: Cats Fols. 16-18: Hu...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 1824
Extent:: 54 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15628
Title:: Holy Communion
Scope & Content:: An Armenian manuscript containing: Holy Communion, written in Armeno-Turkish. The Armenian language is used only in some initial title wording. The work begins on f. 1r with the text: Surp Hağorduta (?) bir ayleg tebarik ve teşekkür duaları. Hovhannes Mkrdiç Pakani nam kahanaynın İtalyan...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Armenian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1854
Extent:: 1 item, 251 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15894
Title:: Վկայութիւնք Vkayut'iwnk' Catechism, textbook of disputation, by Yovhannēs Mrk'uz Jughayets'i
Scope & Content:: An Armenian manuscript containing: Quotations from the Bible in Armenian and Arabic on facing pages, written by Yovhannēs Mrk'uz Jughayets'i (1643-1715), under four headers. f.1r Witnesses concerning the coming of Christ into the world f.25r Concerning the death of Christ, Witnesses from the ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Armenian
Date Range:: 1643-1715
Extent:: 1 item, 68 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16001
Title:: [Armeno-Turkish Treatise on Food]
Scope & Content:: An Armeno-Turkish treatise about foods in relation to health, written in notrgir hand. The manuscript lacks a title or title page, and begins with the Bismillah. Each section (fasl) of the text is begin with an ornate capital in red, yellow and blue ink and gold leaf, and paragraphs are starte...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1630
Extent:: 1 item, 65 ff

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