Description: Loose white and blue folios handwritten in pencil and ink. Identified as West 44 in de Menasce handlist'
Contents: Fragments of translations from the Kārnāmak i Ardašīr, Andarz, Pahlavi Vidẽvdāt and others plus "notes on Vendidad Kandahti".
Pahlavi literature
52 Description archivistique résultats pour Pahlavi literature
Description: Large white ruled notebook, no covers, handwritten in ink and blue and red colour pencils. Identified as West 45 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "Copy of the latter portion of the First Selections of Zad-sparam, Chapter XII - XXV, originally written at the end of the 9th Century. From Tehmuras's MS. G. which was written by Gopatashah Rustom Bandar in Kirman A.D. 1545 and is called T.K. in S.B.E. vol. XVIII, pp. xvi-xvii. Collated in blue pencil with BK,., a MS said to be in Dastur Jamaspji's Library in Bombay, mostly writen in Kirman and copied from K.35 which was written two generations later than G. in 1592" The copy was sent to West by T.D. Anklesaria in October 1896.
Inserts: scrap paper with different uses of "grace"
Sans titreLetter from Tehmuras Dinshaji Anklesaria to Edward William West in which Tehmuras addresses some questions and thoughts he has about the collation of a copy of the Bundehesh he encountered in Persia. With the letter are several transcriptions:
- "Backside of the leaf 178 of the MS. Of Dastur Jamasjee Lines 16 - 21,"in which is inserted "Kolophon on DS. fol. 354 (N.2 on accompanying paper)"
- "No. 4 Leaf 190 of the MS. of Dastur G."
- "Duplicate cancelled", p.81-84
- Part of the "DS MS. with which T.D. is collated"
Dadestan-i-Denik (pp. 16 - 32), printed in script with English footnotes. Uncovered, bound with thread.
Kār-nāmak i Azdašū i Pāpakān, printed in script with English footnotes within a red, green, and blue patterned softcover notebook. Also contains handwritten inserts. On inside cover is written "Kār-nāmak i Azdašū i Pāpakān [E.W. West's Copy]".
Huraw-i-Rawadan ud Redag-e; and further unidentified text. Printed in script with English footnotes. Uncovered, bound with thread.
The manuscripts compiled by Edward William West. Many of these were listed by de Menasce. West was interested in many topics which are reflected in these manuscripts.
Sans titreDescription: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, hand written in ink, inserts held in place with string and brass paperclips, detailed table of contents with page numbers. Identified as West 2 in de Menasche handlist.
Contents:
- Pahlavi & Pazand Shikhand-gumani (first part), from L15,23
- End of Pahlavi Rivayat, from L15
- Pahlavi Patet-I Khud, from the same
- Pahlavi duties of ameshaspends, from the same
- Pahalvi Gosht-I Fryano, from the same
- Pazand Patet-I Adarbad Mardspend, from the same
- Pazand-Sankstrit Minokhand, from L19 with commentary on the condition of the original text, its discrepancies and its mixture of lanuages
- Copy of the Buwahirin Fragment
- "Collation of the OW portion of the 2 & PW"
- Zand-Pahlavi prayers & miyayish, from L12 Inserts: Pahlavi version of the Yatha Ahi Vairyo rayer from the London E.I. Library
- Indexical information
- Transcript of Pazand Menok-i-Xrat from London
- MSS Shayast-ne-Sayast from London MSS
Inserts:
- Pahlavi version of the Yatha Ahi Vairyo rayer from the London E.I. Library,
- plastic indexical information newspaper clipping on "The Lost Canon of Berosus"
- miscellaneous numerical calculations
Description: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of contents with page numbers. Identified as West 4 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Copies from London and Munich MSS.
- Pazand Shikhand-gumdni, latter part from H19
- Parsi Gosht-I Fryano, from H7
- Persian extract, from P12, 15, quoted by Spiege
- Parsee Bundahish (fragment) from H9
- Parsee the accursed abalish from H7, misc., Jamasp namah
- Pahlavi Jamasp: copy of transcript from Saujana's MSS.
- Pazand and Zand Nirangs from H21
*, Pazand-Sanskrit Marriage Formula - Pazand Para Dabirastan from H22, Bahman Yasht, names of constellations
- Pazand-Sanskrit Aogemadhae from H21, Introduction to Arda Vinafnawak from Dest., Parsi Conversation about religion between Aurmazad & Zaratusht
- Parsi Pandnmaha from H7
- Parsi-Zand Vaj-i Avista in Zand from H7
- Persian remarks aobut the khedyodat from H7
- Parsi remarks about the ressurection from H7,
- Parsi genealogy of Zanatusht
- Zand-Pahlavi fragment Vend. VIII, from H19
- Persian extracts from Rivayats regarding Slaughter of Animals from H19
- Pazand Rivayat of Kamadin Shapur
- Sanskrit-Shikhand-gumani and Persian-Shikhandi-gumani, two fragments each from Prof. Max Muller's MS.("now in India Office building in the library")
Inserts:
- "Dastur Jamapji Minocheharji's address"
- "Contents of Dadistan Codex"
- Copy of a rare "Pahlavi Jamasp-namak" MS. with description of missing passages/sections and a key to reading his markings in the copy.
Description Green and blue patterned hardcover notebook with white pages, handwritten in ink, with inserts, detailed table of content and page numbers. Identified as West 10 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Pahlavi fragments: Atashi-I Bhiram from Dastun H's MS.
- Dadistani-i-Dini Part II & III from H14, J127, and Kr.
Inserts:
- 2 folios containing the proof copy of West's Book Review of Des Origines du Zoroastrianisme by M. C. de Harlez extracted from Journal Asiatique
- Paper with calculations equating/comparing number of lines of different texts
- two folios with writing in Avestan papers serving as index
- description of contents of Vol 10 & 13 (sent to Dr. Williams Jackson, 11/7/95)