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GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/35 · File · [1902]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Softcover green notebook with "EXERCISE BOOK" written on the cover, with ruled pages, handwritten in ink, multiple inserts. Identified as West 35 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents: "Traditions of Zaratusht of Pahlavi MS by E.W. West" catalogued under No. CCXXVIII. with annotations that note missing folios; pp15 - 17: A short note on "Traditions of Zaratusht" and its importance for Zoroastrian Studies being an orignal MS. from Iran. Along with this there is also a note by de Mensace added in 5/4/1949 locating the MS and commenting on its current use.

Inserts:

  • Folio with calculations of number of lines per page
  • 8 folios titled "Memoranda of 52 Oriental Manuscripts, from Bombay, catalogued by Edward G. Browne Esquire of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and classified as follows:- 18 Zoroastrian MSS. 28 Persian MSS. 4 Arabic MSS. and 2 Hindustani MSS."
  • Folio with "Sins worthy of death" [semi-translation] by E.W.W. on June 16th 1902
  • folio with list of short summaries of events that take place from 266, 7 to 292,
  • 11 scraps of paper with calculations pertaining to number folios, lines, etc.
  • Folio with drafts of introduction remarking on his work of collation of the modern MSS with older MS
  • Supplementary note similar to note on pp 15 - 17
  • "Index to the folios of the Iranian Pahlavi Rivayat. Missing folios in red ink" and a "continuation [of notes] form page 4"
West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 SC16 · Fonds · [1850 - 1950]

Fragment of the epic poem, Valmiki Ramayana, in Kanarese - Cantos 3-5. The poem is written in ink in Kanarese with a pencil annotation in English identifying the manuscript.

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GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/43 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Blue soft cover notebook with ruled pages, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 43 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "From the latter part of the Khrudesh Avesta MS. F2 (see vol. 18, p.163)" Description and table of contents of "Miscellaneous MSS. from Earl Crawford's library at Haigh House, Nigam" Vol I - IV Description and short note on "Dasama Padsha-ka Granth, one of the sacred books of the Sikhs" "Prithvi-raj-ki katha, vol IV" from p769 - 775 transliterated

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/47 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Loose white and blue folios handwritten in ink kept inside a paper folder. Identified as West 47 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "Some of the commoner Huzvarish words with their etymology [in Hebrew], arranged alphabetically" "Eramji Dastur Sohrabji Meharji Rana's Huz. & Pahl. Farjang Bombay A.Y. 1238." "Alphabetical list of Huzvarish verbs"

Menasce suggest these are mostly copies of earlier works.

West Edward William 1824-1905