Catalogue of Jyotiṣa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library

Catalogue of Jyotiṣa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library
Author: David Pingree
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2003-12-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9047412699

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.

Arabic Medical Manuscripts of the Wellcome Library

Arabic Medical Manuscripts of the Wellcome Library
Author: Nikolaj Serikoff
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2022-05-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9004487948

This is a first part of the new catalogue of medical manuscripts preserved in the Wellcome Library. It serves not only as a guide to the collection of the manuscripts, purchased by the Wellcome Library in 1986, but is also an independent research tool, which can be used by various specialists: librarians, historians, paleographers, art historians, conservators, etc. This catalogue comprises detailed indices and many illustrations on cd-rom, which help researchers to consult in detail each codex prior to coming to the Wellcome Library in London to consult the manuscript per se.

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh II Museum in Jaipur, India

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh II Museum in Jaipur, India
Author: Mahārājā Mānasiṃha Pustaka Prakāśa
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2003
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780871692504

This catalogue of the astronomical manuscripts preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh Museum provides a substantial part of the foundation for an extensive & penetrating analysis of the astronomical activities of Saw Jayasimha Maharaja from 1700 to 1743. Jayasimha collected Sanskrit manuscripts of traditional Indian astronomy, acquired Arabic & Persian manuscripts representative of the Muslim interpretation of Ptolemaic astronomy, built five observatories at which he employed both Hindu & Muslim observers, & produced a set of astronomical tables in Persian based on the Latin tables of Philippe de La Hire.

The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road

The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road
Author: Philippe Forêt
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2008-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047424972

This book covers new ground on the diffusion and transmission of geographical knowledge that occurred at critical junctures in the long history of the Silk Road. Much of twentieth-century scholarship on the Silk Road examined the ancient archaeological objects and medieval historical records found within each cultural area, while the consequences of long-distance interaction across Eurasia remained poorly studied. Here ample attention is given to the journeys that notions and objects undertook to transmit spatial values to other civilizations. In retracing the steps of four major circuits right across the many civilizations that shared the Silk Road, The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road traces the ways in which maps and images surmounted spatial, historical and cultural divisions.

Medicine, Public Health, and the Qājār State

Medicine, Public Health, and the Qājār State
Author: Hormoz Ebrahimnejad
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9004139117

This volume provides surprising new insights into the interrelation of medical practice, public health and politics in 19th century Iran, esp. the assimilation of Western medicine into indigenous systems.

Book Review Index

Book Review Index
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Total Pages: 1080
Release: 2005
Genre: Books
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