MS. Mill 33

MSS. Mill

Kathāsaritsāgara, 19th cent.?

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Kathāsaritsāgara, composed by Somadeva.

Ff. 1^r-164^v (ff. 616-779 in original foliation).

Somadeva , Kathāsaritsāgara

Rubric: F. 1^r (f. 616^r in original foliation): Vol. IV. Book IX. Alancáravati. Chap. 54.

Incipit: F. 1^r (f. 616^r in original foliation): evaṃ sativasaṃs tatra vatseśasya pitṛrguhe

Explicit: F. 164^v (f. 779^v in original foliation): vajravegassapitaraṃ taṃśāyāṃtamyācata tatassya

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 164 + ii.

Dimensions (leaf): 32 × 19 cm.

Dimensions (binding): 34 × 21 cm.

Foliation: Original foliation in Devanāgarī numerals, bottom-right margin, verso.

Foliation: Library foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, top-right margin, verso.

Condition

In good condition.

Incomplete. Keith notes: ‘" The MS. is inaccurate and several lacunae are marked. [...] The MS. is evidently only part of a volume, as the ff. are numbered 616–779."’

Layout

8 lines on a folio.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Marginal and interlinear notes in both Latin and Devanāgarī script in black ink, in the hand of William Hodge Mill.

Additions: Copious marginal and interlinear notes in the hand of William Hodge Mill.

Includes plain paper and newspaper bookmarks with the writing in the hand of William Hodge Mill.

Binding

Late 19th-century brown textile binding over pasteboard, with the shelfmark ‘33’ painted in white and title tooled in gold on the spine. Kept in a cardboard library box.

History

Origin: Not dated, terminus ante quem 1858.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of William Hodge Mill were purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1849 and 1858.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 325, p. 42

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 325, p. 42

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 325, pp. 151-152

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