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Zand i Bahman Yašt
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/31 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Dark green hardcover unruled notebook with blue pages handwritten in ink. Inserts held with strings. Identified as West 31 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

  • Zand i Bahman Yast, a Pazand text
  • "Contents of the Seventh Fargard of the Sidkhar Nask [Sutgar Nask] from the Dinkard, fol. 377 ab"
  • "Contents of the Hadokht Nask from Dinkard, fol. 374b. - 375a" Transliteration and Translation

Inserts: folios with "Properties of Nitrogen" and a folio on Oxygen and loose folios that make Bahman Yasht in Middle Persian.

West Edward William 1824-1905
Yasna 11, 26 & 57
GB 891 EWW-EWW/3-EWW/3/9 · File · 7th Oct 1888
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Texts: Yasna 11, 26 & 57. Loose folios entitled "Texts" and stamped with "W. Kohlhammer Buchdruckerei Correctur Stuttgart".

GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/18 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Brown softcover notebook ruled with white pages handwritten in ink. Detailed table of contents.With insets. Identified as West 18 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

  • Xortak Apastak transcribed from J.9
  • "Contents of the M.S. J9 herein before copied"
  • Notes on Sanjana's MS. Of Yasna
  • Notes on Pt.4 and other Avestic MSS
  • Notes on a MS. Belonging to F. F. Madun

Inserts:

  • "Contents of Modern folios prefixed to supply deficiency in old MS."
  • tracing paper with cursive Avestan
  • "Introductory to Yasna Introduction in Pt. 4"
  • Pahlavi statement copied in Pt. 4 (Pahl. Yasna)
  • short notes on differences between original and copies
  • scrap paper serving indexical purpose
  • blotting paper
  • folio with "Extract from the Pahlavi Introduction" and "A Colophon of Hoshan Sivyavakhah is preserved in Pers. Rivayah B29 dated A.Y. 847 (A.D. 1478) see vol 14. pp. 170, 171"
  • folio with extract from "Pahlavi Afrinagam Gahantrai"
West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/20 · File · Jan 1876
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Dark green hardcover, unruled notebook, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 20 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

  • "Vishtasp Yasht, with Pahlavi; copied from a MS in Dastun Jamaspji Minocheherji's library, presented by him, and collated with the original. January 1876.- EWW"
West Edward William 1824-1905
Vishtâsp Shahnāmah
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/42 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Loose folios within a blue soft cover. Identified as West 42 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "Vishtasp Shanamah" A transcription and partial translation of the Ayatar I Zareran (cross-references are given to the text as copied in Vol. 13.) in the de Menasce list, written in pencil in the text is "Yadka-i-Zariran".

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/19 · File · [1890]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Brown hardcover notebook unruled with white pages handwritten in ink. Detailed table of contents. With inserts. Identified as West 19 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

  • Variants used for Vistasp Yast Sadah
  • The Oersuab Zartust Namah (transliterated)
  • Denik Vicirkart (continued from vol. 3 p 272) from JE
  • Description of other texts contained in JE
  • "From Dr. Wilson's Rivayat in the Earl of Crawford's library"
  • Fragment of Patet i Aturpat and other short Pahlavi texts from MSS. in the same Library
  • Colophons of various MSS (Sadat)

Inserts:

  • folio titled "Contents of Dini-Vajarka"
  • scrap paper with line count of different folios
  • short notes on the fragments
  • one-liner descriptions/translations of parts of Fragment III
  • scrap paper with description of Dinkard Book III from Copenhagen, fragment of a translation (author, translator and source unknown), short factoid about Dastur Kaus Fredun Munajami, and other information serving indexical purpose
  • scrap paper with translation (source and translator unknown) with corrections in red
West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/3-EWW/3/13 · File · 1847
Part of Papers of Edward William West

"Uebersetungen aus dem Pehlevi-Vendidad" by Paul Horn. Unbound copy of the article published in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft : ZDMG / Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (1847) , pp.30-48. Has handwritten annotations.

Horn Paul
Travel Diary
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/81 · File · 1875 - 1876
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Black hardbound notebook with unruled white pages, handwritten in ink. Identified as part of West 57-D in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Travel book containing travel observations about certain ceremonies from 1875.
Inserts: scrap of paper with handdrawn map titled "16 Gunderstone Road", paper with "Notes and Queries" that references other texts, and "Beausobre's Manicheanism".

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/25 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Dark green hardcover unruled notebook, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 25 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Shkand gumānīk vicār, translated

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/24 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Dark green hardcover, unruled notebook, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 24 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Translation of Persian prose Sad-dar.

West Edward William 1824-1905