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Four notes from J.W. Roberts to Thomas Manning concerning items for translation by Manning. Undated. Handwritten, each of 1 piece, 1 side, 1 side, 2 sides, 2 sides.

Transcription of fourteen Chapters of the Suryasiddhanta with Commentary, and the names of the Divinities of the Zodiac in Grantha script.

Letters and official bulletins for the Fourth Session of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Vienna from 1-8 September 1952. These are:

• International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Fourth Session, Vienna, Second Circular. Printed leaflet concerning the Congress and cost for membership and for hotel rooms. Dated January 1952.
• Congrès des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques: Membership Form. Printed form for application for membership for the Congress.
• Letter from Wilhelm Koppers, Secretary, and Robert Heine-Geldern, Vice-President, International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, to The President, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask the Society to nominate a delegate for the Congress. Dated 21 February 1952.
• Letter from Robert Heine-Geldern to Sir Richard Winstedt to send an official invitation for the Congress. He also writes about his pleasure in having met Sir Richard. Dated 21 February 1952.
• Letter from Secretary to Gentlemen of the Royal Asiatic Society to state that the Organising Committee of the 4th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences has asked the Society for delegates at the Congress. He names H.G. Quaritch Wales and J.V. Mills as delegates who are already appointed. Dated 2 July 1952.

Fragment about Mohist philosophy.

A fragment drawing in red ink and pencil over two pages of a circular wall painting from Cave No. 86. Scale is a quarter inch to a foot.

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"

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.

Fragment on awareness - notes on awareness, pages 24-27.

Three pieces of fragmentary lines, belonging to a Persian manuscript.

Fragmented drafts of Poems of the Late T'ang, with translations of some poems by Du Fu, Meng Jiao, Han Yu, Li Ho and Li Shangyin.