Ohio University, folio-east-11a
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS30478
- Shelfmark:
- folio-east-11a
- Title:
- Foliophiles Eastern leaf 11a: Sanskrit manuscript, India, 18th century
- Place:
- India
- Date:
- n.d.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Material:
- Paper (fiber product)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf; Paper (fiber product); 22.3 cm x 13.8 cm
- Note:
- Script: Devanagari
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. in 1928 and issued as a limited edition under the title "Specimens of Oriental Mss and Printing."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 13 of 120.
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM A SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPT, written in the North of India, probably towards the end of the18th Century, though possibly early in the 19th
Although the title of this MS
has been lost, examination shows it to be of a religious and astrological character
It is written in a plain, scholarly hand in the style known as Devanagari or “town script”, and reads from left to right
The line running along the tops of Sanskrit characters is believed to be due to the custom of the scribes in writing beneath a ruled line, which gradually became part of the letter and so gained its present prominence
The paper of this manuscript, like the preceding examples, is of native manufacture, the gloss being acquired by siting and polishing
Sanskrit, as is well known, is the elder sister in the IndoTuropean group of languages, and, unlike the others, has brought down from antiquity a wealth of marvellously accurate oral traditions that have done much to stabilize its grammatical structure and preserve its ancient form
Today, of course, it is purely the language of priests and scholars, and there seems to be considerable doubt as to the period when it was any' thing else.
Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/4935
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:4935/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
