Stuk 41 - MS draft of plate from John Bentley's Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy...

Identificatie

referentie code

O./11a.2/41

Titel

MS draft of plate from John Bentley's Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy...

Datum(s)

  • [1820s?] (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Stuk

Omvang en medium

1 sheet.

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Geschiedenis van het archief

John Bentley's MSS came into the possession of William Hodge Mill after his death.

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

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.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

'Plate III. Positions of the Colures, Months, Seasons, &c, with respect to the Stars or fixed Lunar Asterisms, at the Autummnal Equinox in the year 945 BC, the Epoch of Churning the Oceans, or War between the Gods and the Giants'.

Verwante materialen

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.

Notitie Publicaties

Bentley, A historical view of the Hindu astronomy: from the earliest dawn of that science in India to the present time. London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1825. There is a copy in Trinity Library: Grylls 5.69.

Aantekeningen

Alternative identifier(s)

Preferred form of reference

O.11.a.2/41

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