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Container Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 16 B I-XXVIII

1. Royal MS 16 B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B I
Title:
A volume containing two Zoroastrian texts
Scope & Content:
Zoroastrian texts
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
330 folios

2. Royal MS 16 B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B II
Title:
Scope & Content:
Oriental Department.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Royal MS 16 B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B IV
Title:
Alphabetum Syamense
Scope & Content:
Thai syllabary and numerals in a sloping hand, with romanized equivalents. Thought to have been presented to King Charles II on 26 September 1684 by a Thai embassy on behalf of King Narai (Ramathibodi III) who reigned Ayutthaya from 1656 to 1688
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Thai
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 folios

4. Royal MS 16 B IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B IX
Title:
Scope & Content:
Printed Book Department.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Royal MS 16 B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B V
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
Yasna sādah (Avestan). Copied in Surat or Navsari, Gujarat and dated 7 Ardbihisht 1030 AY (1661) and copied by Herbad Darab b. Hira b. Chanda descended from Mobad Hormazyar Herbad Ramyar. The text is preceded by a table of the Avestan, Persian and Latin alphabets (ff. 1v-4r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan
Date Range:
1661
Extent:

Codex; 159 + iv ff.

6. Royal MS 16 B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B VI
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Khordah Avesta (‘little Avesta’), described as Kitāb zand avastā, a collection of prayers in Avestan, lacking the first folio. A Persian colophon (f. 67r) gives the date as Aneran (30th day), Ardibihisht (2nd month,) 1042 AY (1673), and the scribe’s name as Herbad Hormazyar Faramu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1673
Extent:

Codex. :ff. iii+67+iii

7. Royal MS 16 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B VII
Title:
Ṣad dar صد در
Scope & Content:
The Ṣad dar (صد در) attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh. A popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copied in Surat for the English Agent (modī Angrezī) Kanūrjī Nāhānah...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1674
Extent:

Codex; ff. 65

8. Royal MS 16 B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B VIII
Title:
Zarātusht nāmah by Kay Kāʼus ibn Kay Khusraw ibn Dārā زراتشت نامه
Scope & Content:
A life of Zoroaster written in Iran in the 13th century
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
71 folios

9. Royal MS 16 B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B X
Title:
Scope & Content:
Printed Book Department.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

10. Royal MS 16 B XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 B XI
Title:
Scope & Content:
Printed Book Department.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item