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Cardboard cover in Persian style with book flap, covered with cloth, floral patterns. Protective cloth strings on the sides. Original binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, in good condition." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

First hand: Devanāgarī in red and black ink (main text and some corrections: 9r-177v<\/a>).<\/div>
Second hand: Devanāgarī in black ink (main text: 178r-180v<\/a>).<\/div>
Third hand: Devanāgarī in black ink (additional final rubrics and colophons: 118v<\/a>, 144r<\/a> and 180v<\/a>).<\/div>
Fourth hand: Devanāgarī in black ink (corrections).<\/div>
Fifth hand: Devanāgarī in black ink (corrections).<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Northern India." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Presented by Mrs. E.K. Waterhouse in 1957." }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "185 ff. (plus two flyleaves)." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

This illuminated paper manuscript contains a collection of devotional works of Vaiṣṇava affiliation: the Bhagavadgītā<\/i> (preceded by a short introductory text containing information for the recitation of poem such as ṛṣiḥ<\/i>, chandas<\/i>, devatā<\/i>, bījam<\/i>, śaktiḥ<\/i> etc., and for meditating upon it, i.e. dhyāna<\/i> verses), the Viṣṇusahasranāma<\/i> (from the Mahābhārata<\/i>), the Anusmṛti<\/i> (from the Mahābhārata<\/i>), the Rāmagītā<\/i> (a conversation of advaitic flavour between Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, from the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa<\/i>), the Rāmahṛdayastotra<\/i> (a conversation between Umā and Maheśvara from the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa<\/i>) and the Nārāyaṇopaniṣad<\/i>. This pocket-size codex bears five polychrome illuminations and has a carefully structured and realized layout, the written area being inscribed in a multiple marginal frame in black and red ink, coloured in yellow. This manuscript can be said to belong to a typology of manuscripts, probably common in 19th-century North India, i.e. collections of devotional works in codex format with illuminations and an ornate layout (see also Or.1818<\/a> and Or.2031<\/a> and also DD.7.2, an illuminated multi-text devotional manuscript of Vaiṣṇava affiliation kept at the Christ's College, Cambridge, and containing the Bhagavadgītā<\/i>, the Viṣṇusahasranāma<\/i>, the Bhīṣmastava<\/i>, the Anusmṛta<\/i>, the Gajendramokṣaṇa<\/i> and the Rāmacandrastavarāja<\/i>). <\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "18th-19th century." }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Bhagavadgītā, Viṣṇusahasranāma, Mahābhārata, Anusmṛti, Rāmagītā, Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Rāmahṛdayastotra, Nārāyaṇopaniṣad, Bhīṣmastava, Anusmṛta, Gajendramokṣaṇa, Rāmacandrastavarāja" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Daniele Cuneo and Camillo Formigatti, CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper.

Folio height: 7.3 cm, width: 11 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Or.1817" }, { "label": "Decoration", "value": "Five polychrome miniatures miniatures, framed by floral patterns.