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RSPA 230
- Record Id:
- 040-003196422
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003080558
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026633082.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139959874.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 230
- Title:
- Videvdād sādah
- Scope & Content:
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Videvdād sādah. Copied by Mihrbān son of Anūshīrvān son of Bahrām Shāh in Yazd on 15 Isfand 1016 Yazdagirdi (1647), for a Zoroastrian of Kirman, Marzbān son of Sandal son of Khusraw.
Lacks first page and several at end. Text begins on f. 2r
Colophon in form of 44 Persian verses (f.151r)
Illustrated with diagram of Hom ceremony (f31v), a geometrical design (f.90r) and drawings of trees (ff. 23r, 64r, 112r, 151v, 202v, 227r).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashburner Collection
India Office Library
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003080558
040-003196422 - Is part of:
- RSPA 1-280 : Royal Society Persian and Arabic manuscripts
RSPA 230 : Videvdād sādah - Hierarchy:
- 032-003080558[0001]/040-003196422
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: RSPA 1-280
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
272 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100139959874.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Avestan
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Avestan - Start Date:
- 1647
- End Date:
- 1647
- Date Range:
- 1647
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 400 x 260 mm;
Extent: ff. 272+i;
Layout: 21 lines per page;
Foliation: Pagination in Persian words on recto of each folio;
Ink: Black ink with red headings;
Binding: Red leather 19th century Indian with gilt outlined central rectangle and border with lines to the 4 corners.
- Custodial History:
- Presented by Burjorji Sorabje Ashburner (f. 1817-1895) to the Royal Society in May 1864
- Source of Acquisition:
- Transferred to the India Office Library in July 1876
- Finding Aids:
- E. Denison Ross and E.G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library. London, 1902, p.139
- Publications:
-
Sims-Williams, Ursula, "Zoroastrian Manuscripts in the British Library, London". In The Transmission of the Avesta, ed. by A. Cantera (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2012), pp. 173-94
- Exhibitions:
- Epic Iran, V&A, London, 29 May 2021 - 12 September 2021
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)