Miscellaneous Telugu manuscripts, 17th-19th century, including paintings representing the Vaisnava idols of the temples of South India, a work on Sanskrit grammar in Telugu script, and manuscripts of epic poetry.
Miscellaneous Telugu manuscripts in the Bodleian Library
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- ReferenceGB 161 GB MSS. Tel. b. 1-11, 12-14 (R), c. 1-2, d. 1, 2 (R), 3-5, e. 1 (R)
- Dates of Creation17th-19th cenrury
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialTelugu, Sanskrit, and Tamil.
- Physical Description22 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Miscellaneous Telugu manuscripts from various sources.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
The manuscripts were acquired between c. 1697 and 1976. Eight of the manuscripts were given by John Lewis, chaplain of the English Merchants at Fort St. George, afterwards part of Madras, in 1698.
Note
Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Some of the manuscripts are in Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series, with references to the oriental and other manuscripts (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vols. II, V-VI, nos. 8711, 27582-8, 27590-1, 29615, 30982-5, 32007, 33530.
The manuscripts are also summarily described in the card catalogue, arranged by language, located in the Oriental Reading Room.
Ten of the manuscripts are described in the unpublished catalogue of Dravidian language manuscripts compiled by Rev. Dr. George Uglow Pope. A manuscript draft may be consulted in the Oriental Reading Room.