Identificatie
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Titel
Datum(s)
- 19th c. (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
2 boxes
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Author of 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. Formed a collection of Sanskrit manuscripts which passed to Dr Mill, and eventually passed to Trinity College Library, and catalogued by Th. Aufrecht as A Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, & Co. and London: Bell & Daldy, 1869.
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Bentley's papers and collection of Sanskrit manuscripts passed to William Hodge Mill on his death.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Acquired from William Hodge Mill's executors in 1858.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Notes, manuscripts, and printed material related to astronomy and John Bentley's work on Hindu astronomy.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related units of description
See also: the Trinity College Library copy of XIII. On the antiquity of the Suryá Siddhánta, and the formation of the astronomical cycles therein contained [London, 1801], which has 39 pp. of notes by Bentley bound in at the back of the volume, consisting of astronomical tables and a section on Chinese astronomy, shelf mark Adv.b.1.8.
O.11.a.2/37-42: Documents relating to Trinity's acquisition of the manuscripts in 1858, an MS draft of a plate from Bentley's Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy...., and a Sanskrit [?] fragment.
The Sanskrit MSS in the collection now have the shelfmarks R.15.60-R.15.146, see the catalogue by Aufrecht, below, for further details.
Notitie Publicaties
John Bentley's collection of Sanskrit manuscripts, which were acquired by Trinity College Library, were catalogued by Theodor Aufrecht as A Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge and London, 1869.