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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13652
Title:: Elephant treatise ตำราช้าง
Scope & Content:: A treatise on mythical and natural elephants in khlong verse. With some mantra texts in Sanskrit. Illustrations: 37 illustrated folios. fol. 3: Ganesha, the son of Shiva fol. 4: Erawan (Sanskrit: Airavata; Thai: เอราวัณ), the carrier of Indra, with two hermits, Thewakam on the left and Thewap...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit and Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 49 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13700
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: Jain canonical text of the Śvetāmbara tradition in Prakrit with illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 15th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 26 x 11 cm, 11 lines. Illustrated

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13701
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: Jain canonical text of the Śvetāmbara tradition in Prakrit with Gujarati commentary and illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati and Prakrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 27x12,5 cm. 82 folios. Interlinear commentary. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13703
Title:: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka
Scope & Content:: Extracts from the Tipitaka traditionally used for funerals. Fols. 1-2: Vinayapiṭaka - Parivāra Fols. 3-4: Vinayapiṭaka - Suttavibhanga - Pārājika Fols. 5-7: Suttantapiṭaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 7-8: Dhammasanganī Fol. 9: Vibhanga Fols. 9-10: Dhātukathā Fols. 10-12: Puggal...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 81 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13706
Title:: West African Illuminated Qur'an and Carrying Case
Scope & Content:: A richly illuminated copy of the Qur'an, probably Hausa. Probably from Nigeria. The writing style is not consistent, changing slightly in size and style throughout. There are some additions and crossings out in a later hand as well as pre-BL repairs, suggesting the book was passed down to several...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 582 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13741
Title:: Bhaktāmara-stotra
Scope & Content:: Bhaktāmara-stotra: Jain devotional hymn in Sanskrit. Illustrated with yantras.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 24 folios, 29,5x13cm, 9 lines. 48 verses with diagrams.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13758
Title:: Bhagavad Gita
Scope & Content:: A fine version of the Bhagavad Gita from the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra with the full Sanskrit text and twenty-two miniatures depicting scenes from the Mahabharata and avatars of Vishnu. A note dated Novemeber 1877 by the former owner Sir M. Monier Williams is attached to the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1824
Extent:: 1 item (bound volume 11.5 x 18.5 cm, covers lined in red velvet)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13786
Title:: Āvaśyakaniryukti
Scope & Content:: Āvaśyakaniryukti in Prakrit with prefixed Therāvalī. Jain Śvetāmbara doctrinal text.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 15th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 37 folios, 29,5x11,5 cm. 19 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13801
Title:: Patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) [Abkai wehiyehe-i juwan ningguci aniya omšon biyai orin sunja de. Abkai hesei g'aoming] [ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᠸᡝᡥᡞᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᡞᡢᡤᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠣᠮᡧᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᡩᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡬᠠᠣᠮᡞᡢ] [Qianlong shi liu nian feng tian gao ming] [乾隆十六年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) conferring honours upon the parents of Io Ci Šeng (ᠢᠣ ᠴᠢ ᡧᡝᡢ) / You Qisheng (尤起盛), who holds the position of Uju jergi hiya [...] nonggiha (ᡠᠵᡠ ᠵᡝᠷᡤᡞ ᡥᡞᠶᠠ [...] ᠨᠣᡢᡤᡞᡥᠠ) / Tou deng hu wei jia yi ji (頭等護衛加一級) [Officer of the Imperial Guard of ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1752
Extent:: 1 scroll in silk brocade cover

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