Identity area
Reference code
O./11a.2/41A
Title
Fragment of Sanskrit [?] MS, endorsed on back 'Krishna's bath [?]...'
Date(s)
- [n.d.] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Probably a part of John Bentley's MSS, which came into the possession of William Hodge Mill after his death.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sold to Trinity, along with Bentley's MSS and his collection of Sanskrit MSS, by W. H. Mill's son in law Benjamin Webb in 1858.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Calculation in roman numerals also inscribed on back.
Allied materials area
Related units of description
See O.11.a.2/37-40 for letters etc relating to Trinity's acquisition of Bentley's papers.
Add.MS.a/617: Papers of John Bentley relating to Hindu astronomy.
The Sanskrit MSS in the collection now have the shelfmarks R.15.60-R.15.146, see Aufrecht's… read more
Publication note
For a catalogue of Bentley's Sanskrit MSS see Aufrecht, A Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge and London, 1869.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Preferred form of reference
O.11.a.2/41A
Access points
Name access points
- Bentley, John (c 1756-1823), astronomer (Subject)