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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13996
Title:: Draft patent of Xianfeng 5 (1855) [Chinese only] [Xianfeng wu nian feng tian chi ming gao] [咸豐伍年奉天敕命稿]
Scope & Content:: Draft patent of Xianfeng 5 (1855) in which the title of Wen lin lang (文林郎) is conferred upon Wang Huiji (王會極), who is Shanxi Ningwu Fu xue jiao shou (山西甯武府學教授). His wife, born Chen (陳), is given the title of Ruren (孺人). This manuscript was never completed and therefore does not bear any Manchu...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1855
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14027
Title:: Various Buddhist texts and Mahabuddhaguna มหาพุทธคุณ.
Scope & Content:: Abhidhammatika extracts: Dhammasangani, Vibhanga, Dhatukatha, Puggalapannatti, Kathavatthu, Yamaka, Mahapatthana. Sahassaneyya. Mahabuddhaguna. Jaya jaya. Vinayapitaka - Parivara. Vinayapitaka - Suttavibhanga - Parajika. Suttantapitaka - Dighanikaya - Brahmajalasutta. Illustrations: Sev...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 68 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14068
Title:: Mahābuddhagunā and other Buddhist texts fom the Tipiṭaka
Scope & Content:: Extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) with illustrations from the Ten Birth Tales or the Last Ten Jātaka (ทศชาติชาดก). Fols. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Suttavibhanga - Pārājika Fols. 3-4: Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 4-5: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasanganī Fols. 5-6: Vibhanga Fols. 6-7: Dhāt...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 53 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14115
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย with other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. Fols. 1-4: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasangani - Vibhanga - Dhātukathā - Puggalapannatti - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka Fols. 4-5: Mahāpatthāna Fols. 5- 96: Phra Mālai Fols. 96-97: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra Fol. 97: Pārāj...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 97 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14117
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย and other Buddhist texts
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. Fols. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Parivāra Fols. 3-4: Suttantapitaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta Fols. 4-6: Abhidhammamātikā - Dhammasanganī - Vibhanga - Dhātukathā -Puggalapannati - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka Mahāpatthā...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 1880-1920
Extent:: 95 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14197
Title:: စတုတ္ထ။ ။တမန်၃ယောံကိုမြင်တော်မူ၍ထိတ်လန့်လျက်စံနေတော်မူရာ။ သုဒ္ဓေါဒနမင်းကြီးကပျော်မွေ့စေခြင်းငှာမိန်းမအတီးအကပေး၍တီးမှုတ်ပျော်ပါးစေသည်အခန်းအစ။
Scope & Content:: Part four in a series illustrating scenes from the life of the Buddha. The scenes depicted are of Prince Siddharta seeing the last of four signs, the announcement of his son Rahula, and Prince Siddhartha''s departure from the palace.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 28 folds

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14262
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Fragments of Kalpasūtra: Jain Śvetāmbara canonical text in Prakrit.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 16th C
Extent:: Three folios with illustrated borders kept in three separate glass frames. 26,5x10 cm. 7 lines; large golden script on crimson background with decorated margins.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14290
Title:: Ādityavāra-kathā
Scope & Content:: Ādityavāra-kathā: a verse tale (114 stanzas in Gujarati), very popular in the Jain Digambara sects, on the importance of keeping vows to acquire merit and purify karma. .
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Paper poṭhi. 17 folios, 27x11,5cm. 10-15 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14365
Title:: [Ruzname]
Scope & Content:: A vellum scroll containing an Ottoman illuminated calligraphic almanac. Manuscripts on vellum from Turkey are relatively rare. The almanac contains a Ġurrẹnāmẹ, indicating the first day of each lunar month, and tables indicating the times of the five daily prayers as calculated for the Istanbul ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: mid 19th century
Extent:: Scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14447
Title:: Yogavacara manual (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Fragment of a manual of a Buddhist mystic (yogāvacara) explaining various stages of purification of the mind by meditation. It sets out the means and plans for practising meditation as an ethical self-training. The manual, in its original complete form, is known to list 112 types of meditation a...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 9 folios

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