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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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11967, ff 52r-58v
Title:: A collection of hymns
Scope & Content:: A collection of hymns to the sun, Gushtasp and other works in Persian, Avestan, and a mixture of other languages
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Avestan and Persian
Date Range:: Late 17th or early 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 52r-58v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11967, ff 59v-72v
Title:: Mukāshafāt-i Āzar Kayvān مکاشفات آذر کیوان
Scope & Content:: Revelations ascribed to Aẕar Kayvān in Persian in mixed prose and verse (ff. 59v-71r); followed (ff. 71v-72v) by an unfinished treatise: Zawrah-i bāstānī-i vakhshūr shit Zardusht (زورهٔ باستانی وخشور شت زردشت)
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: Late 17th or early 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 59v-72v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12019
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 8022-8024
Scope & Content:: Chapters 8022, 8023 and 8024 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:: 53 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12020
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 13340-13341
Scope & Content:: Chapters 13340 and 13341 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:: 31 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12021
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 19740-19741
Scope & Content:: Chapters 19740 and 19741 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:: 36 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12025
Title:: Prayer scroll
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ክታብ, Magical prayers scroll composed of 3 strips. Decorated with 5 miniatures. Remarks: The name of the owner Gabra Maryam, the second owner Walatta Gabra Manfas Qeddus. Verso: "Thomas William Oliver, Royal Navy, from Colonel John Watts of Gunville, Dorset...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12034
Title:: Divination, Magical Prayers and Medicine.
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-124v. Collection of divination, magical prayers and medicine.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12040
Title:: 'Buddhanussati'
Scope & Content:: On recollection of the Buddha, explaining mindfulness with the Buddha’s virtues as objects. This is the first of the Four Guardian Meditations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Shan
Date Range:: 1866
Extent:: 142 folios

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