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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
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
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
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/63 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Blue-green patterned hard cover note book with blue ruled pages handwritten in ink and pencil. Several inserts. Identified as West 65 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents: "The 'Yasna' from the Gujarati transcript of Aspandiarji Framji . . . Printed in Bombay in 1218 of Yazdagard" This translation from Pahlavi to Gujurati was certified by "Dozabhai Jamshedji under the date 5 July 1849 A.D.) (A.D. 1850): English translation, including the rubrics, with notes on the textual variants.

Inserts: Note and an excerpt "[f]rom Dr. J. Burgess's letter Oct. 17th. 1898"

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/30 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Dark green hard cover, unruled white and blue pages, handwritten in ink, with inserts. The contents start in the book and continue on to ordered inserts. Other inserts also included. Identified as West 30 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents: The "Selections of Zat Sparam." Transliteration and translation.

Inserts:

  • Continuation of the text
  • folio with different Pahlavi letters related to red markings of Ch 1, 12, and 13 of Kn MS
  • folio with words in Dk. and Persian
  • folios serving indexical purpose
  • folio with syllable count calculation
  • folio with translation of "Dk. V.i, 9"
  • folio with translation of "332 - 339 fol 357 - 356"
  • folio with summary of Vol. 10
  • scrap papers with fragments of translation and possibly word meanings
  • an academic to-do list
  • "Explanation of missing folios"
West Edward William 1824-1905