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MS. Ouseley 65

MSS. Ouseley

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Rāgavibodha, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Indian paper, polished.
Extent: ii + 64 (music) + 19 (re-numbered as 37 pages) + ii
Dimensions (binding): 23.2 × 13.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Provenance and Acquisition

This MS., part of a volume with Arabic, Persian, and Hindi tracts, and an essay on music by Alstedius with interlineary Persian trans., belonged to Col. Polier, and this part, with the treatise on music, was eventually purchased in London by Ouseley.

The collection of Sir Gore Ouseley was purchased by the Bodleian in 1858.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 475, p. 59

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. 475, p. 59
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 475, p. 200

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