Item 40 - 'A List of Oriental MSS, chiefly on Astronomical Subjects, formerly in the possession of Mr. J. Bentley...'

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Reference code

O./11a.2/40

Title

'A List of Oriental MSS, chiefly on Astronomical Subjects, formerly in the possession of Mr. J. Bentley...'

Date(s)

  • [Feb. 1858] (Creation)

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2 folded sheets.

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Scope and content

List drawn up by Benjamin Webb, whose father-in-law William Hodge Mill had possession of the collection after Bentley, and sent to William Whewell shortly before the MSS went to Trinity.

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This list was originally an enclosure in O.11.a.2/39, letter from Benjamin Webb to William Whewell, 13 Feb. 1858.
The Sanskrit MSS in the collection now have the shelfmarks R.15.60-R.15.146, see Aufrecht's catalogue, below, for further details.
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Publication note

For a catalogue of the MSS see Aufrecht, A Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge and London, 1869.

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O.11.a.2/40

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