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MSS Avestan 3

Record Id:

032-003719600

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003719600

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100110493342.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147211482.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MSS Avestan 3

Title:

Vīdevdād sādah

Scope & Content:

The Vīdevdād sādah copied according to notes in Persian and Gujarati on f. 1r by the learned Dastur Darab, the teacher of Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805) between 1758 and 1760.

The copy is without a colophon but presumably dates from the mid-18th century.

The manuscript has been rebound in its original binding and the internal boards have been extracted and are preserved as extras.

Also included is a postcard dated 29 October 1884 addressed to Professor Karl Geldner (1852-1929) in Tübingen which presumably dates from the time when he was examining this copy for his edition.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

India Office Library

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003719600

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003719600

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

ii+303+iv folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Avestan
Gujarati
Persian

Scripts:

Arabic
Avestan
Gujarati

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

Era:

Place of Origin:

India

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 351 x 267 mm. 303 ff.; folios numbered on verso in Gujarati; ff. 62v-63r blank; 15 lines per page; black ink. Instructions in red in Pazand and upturned Gujarati script. Catchwords on the verso of every folio. Red leather binding with tooled central medallion, pendants, corners and margins decorated with floral pattern.

Custodial History:

Former numbers Z&P 3; L3

Source of Acquisition:

Samuel Guise collection, acquired by the East India Company Library at Sotheby's sale 3 July 1812.

Publications:

M.N. Dhalla, "Iranian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1912), pp. 387-98.

J.M. Unvala, Collection of colophons of manuscripts bearing on Zoroastrianism in some libraries in Europe, Bombay, 1940

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)