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Arundel Or 54
- Record Id:
- 032-003460353
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460353
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154134759.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154460975.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Arundel Or 54
- Title:
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Yasna sādah
- Scope & Content:
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An early 17th century Iranian copy of the Yasna ritual, the Yasna sādah, without any commentary.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Arundel Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003460353", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Arundel Or 54: Yasna sādah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460353
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003460353
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. ii+149+iii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Avestan
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- Early 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Iran
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 285 x 265 mm leaf
Foliation: In Persian letters and numbers and English. 15 lines per page
Script: Iranian Avestan script
Ink: Black ink, with Pahlavi instructions in red
Binding: Brown leather European. Howard’s bookplate (‘BIBLIOTHECA ARUNDELIANA’) gold-stamped on the upper and lower covers
- Custodial History:
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- Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician;
- Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667;
- The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1r)
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831.
- Publications:
- Stewart, Sarah, Firoza Punthakey Mistree, and Ursula Sims-Williams. The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination. London: I.B. Tauris, 2013, p. 84
- Exhibitions:
- The Everlasting Flame, SOAS, October 2013 - December 2013
The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination, National Museum, New Delhi, 19 March 2016 - 29 May 2016 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)