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2791. Or 11718B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11718B
Title:
Documents relating to the Edition of the teaching of the Abyssinian Church
Scope & Content:
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:Documents relating to the Edition of the teaching of the Abyssinian church. ff. (1r,2r) Paper, 190 x 242 mm. At the top of each leaf the impressed seal of the Foreign Office. Typewritten letter form Stephen Gaselee to the Reverend Canon R. M. Woolley, D.D., 1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

2792. Or 11755

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11755
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 913-914
Scope & Content:
Chapters 913 and 914 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1562-1572
Extent:
63 folios

2793. Or 11756

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11756
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapter 3002
Scope & Content:
Chapter 3002 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1562-1572
Extent:
40 folios

2794. Or 11758

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11758
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 7389-7390
Scope & Content:
Chapters 7389 and 7390 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1562-1572
Extent:
47 folios

2795. Or 11759

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11759
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 8089-8090
Scope & Content:
Chapters 8089 and 8090 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1562-1572
Extent:
32 folios

2796. Or 11760

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11760
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 20181-20182
Scope & Content:
Chapters 20181 and 20182 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1562-1572
Extent:
71 folios

2797. Or 11801

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11801
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r- 20v. A collection of treaties on divination.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

2798. Or 11921

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11921
Title:
Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:
Kalpasūtra: Jain Śvetāmbara text in Prakrit containing the biographies of Jain Tirthankaras.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Prakrit
Date Range:
15th C
Extent:
Bound paper poṭhi. 74 folios; 28.5x11,5 cm. 38 illustrated folios.

2799. Or 11967

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11967
Title:
Dasātīr-i āsmānī by Azar Kayvan and other Azar Kayvani treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: (1) Dasātīr-i āsmānī (دساتیر آسمانی), by the philosopher priest Aẕar Kayvān (1533-1618), a collection of invocations to 16 pre-Islamic prophets, including Zoroaster, which were composed in a unique celestial language (overlined in red) accompanied by a Persian translation and comments ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
Late 17th or early 18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+72+ii

2800. Or 11967, ff 1v-51v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11967, ff 1v-51v
Title:
Dasātīr-i āsmānī دساتیر آسمانی
Scope & Content:
A collection of invocations to 16 pre-Islamic prophets, including Zoroaster, which were composed in a unique celestial language (overlined in red) accompanied by a Persian translation and comments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Late 17th or early 18th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-51v

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