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Leather and cardboard, 19th-century library binding (21.5x25cm) with classmark and a number 7 in golden letters on the spine. Three flyleaves of European paper both at the beginning and the end.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Incomplete (?), in good condition." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Mahīdhara's Vedadīpa<\/i> (16th century), a commentary on the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā<\/i> of the White Yajurveda<\/i>. Mahīdhara is especially well known for the composition of the renowned Mantramahodadhi<\/i>. This manuscript is probably a European copy of the text, meant for private study. The text it contains reaches adhyāya<\/i> 3.29, corresponding to Weber (1972: 76). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "\"A 19th cent. European copy\" (LVP)." }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Vedadīpa" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Giovanni Ciotti and Daniele Cuneo" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Industrial paper (European?).
Folio height: 18.5 cm, width: 22.5 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.1159" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
Marginalia<\/b><\/p> 15-16 lines per page, approximately 35 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: 4 mm. Interlinear space height: 5 mm. The folios are written only on the recto. Some portions are underlined, sometimes in red. From folios 16 to 77<\/a>, the lines per page become 6 with an interlinear space of 2.5 cm. Folio 78<\/a> is a blank folio supplied for the binding.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Author(s)",
"value": "Mahīdhara"
},
{
"label": "Foliation",
"value": " 1. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, top left margin, recto (folios 1-78<\/a>, folio 45<\/a> is marked twice [Adhyāya 1 and 2]; 1-19 [Adhyāya 3]).<\/p>