Catalogue of Jyotiṣa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library

Download or read book Catalogue of Jyotiṣa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library written by David Pingree and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned Wellcome Library houses a number of – often literally – unique and rare Sanskrit and Indian vernacular manuscripts, collected by Sir Henry Wellcome himself in the early twentieth century. The present catalogue by David Pingree is the first guide to the important Wellcome collection of manuscripts containing texts on jyotihsastra, which includes astronomy, mathematics, divination and astrology, and covering well over a thousand manuscripts. Descriptions feature information, e.g., on scribes, owners and their families, thus providing much that will prove useful for those studying not only Sanskrit scientific manuscripts themselves, but also their creation, distribution and preservation. A true treasure-trove.