PUBLISHED CATALOGUES

CONTENTS

Arabic
Armenian
Chinese
Georgian
Hebrew
Indic
Indonesian languages
Japanese
Malay
Persian
Turkish

ARABIC

Uri, J: Bibliothecae Bodleianae codicum manuscriptorum orientalium ... catalogus. Pars prima. Oxford, 1787. (Contains descriptions in Latin of 105 Christian Arabic and 1,219 Islamic Arabic manuscripts; author index only). BOD: Orient RR: Z.fol.1/1.

Nicoll, A. & Pusey, E.B: Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum orientalium Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda Arabicos complectens. Oxford, 1835. (Contains descriptions in Latin of a further 82 Christian Arabic and 423 Islamic Arabic manuscripts, as well as copious amendments to Uri's catalogue; includes title and author index for both this and the Uri catalogue). BOD: Orient RR: Z.fol.1/2.

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ARMENIAN

Baronian, S. & Conybeare, F.C: Catalogue of Armenian manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1918. (124 manuscripts are described). BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.1.

Nersessian, V: Catalogue of early Armenian books, 1512-1850. London, 1980. (A union catalogue of the holdings in the British Library and the Bodleian Library). BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.427.

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CHINESE

Edkins, Joseph: A catalogue of Chinese works in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1876. BOD: 2590 d.Oxf.1d.6.

Helliwell, David: A catalogue of the old Chinese books in the Bodleian Library. Oxford. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.431.
Vol.1. The Backhouse Collection. 1983
Vol.2. Alexander Wylie's books. 1985

Nanjio, Bunyiu: A catalogue of Japanese and Chinese books and manuscripts lately added to the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1881. BOD: 2590 d.Oxf.1d.5.

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GEORGIAN

Barrett, D: Catalogue of the Wardrop Collection and of other Georgian books and manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1973. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.16a.

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HEBREW

Manuscripts

Neubauer, A: Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1886. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.4/1.

Neubauer, A. & Cowley, A.E.: Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Volume 2. Oxford, 1906. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.4/2.

Beit-Arié, M: Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Supplement of addenda and corrigenda to vol.1 (Neubauer's Catalogue). Oxford, 1994. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.4/3.

Printed books

Steinschneider, M.: Catalogus librorum Hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana. Berlin, 1852-1860. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.18. (The original catalogue of Hebrew printed books).

Cowley, A.E.: A concise catalogue of the Hebrew printed books in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1929. (Based on Steinschneider, lists all Hebrew books in the Library in 1927). BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.17.

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INDIC

General catalogues

Aufrecht, Simon Theodor, Winternitz, Moriz & Keith, Arthur Berriedale: Codices sanscritos complectens. 2 vol. Oxford, 1864-1909. Second volume has title: Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Lists 1621 manuscripts). IND: 8 E 14, 8 E 15. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.9

Keith, Arthur Berriedale: Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library : appendix to vol. 1, Th. Aufrecht's catalogue. Oxford, 1909. IND: 8 E 14a

Ethe, Hermann: Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindustani and Pushtu manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, part 2. Oxford, 1930. (Lists 43 Urdu, 4 Pushto manuscripts and 12 Indic picture collections). IND: 8 F 33. BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.6.

Filliozat, J. 1998. "A Survey of the Pali manuscript collection in the Bodleian Library Oxford", Journal of the Pali Text Society, vol. 24 (p.1-80).(Lists 161 manuscripts). IND: 11 C 1/24

Keith, Arthur Berriedale: A catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prakrit mss. in the Indian Institute Library Oxford. Oxford, 1903. (Lists 162 manuscripts). IND: 8 C 14a. BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.13.

Keith, Arthur Berriedale: A catalogue of Prakrit mss. in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1911. (Lists 84 manuscripts). BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.8.

Liyanaratne, J. 1991 "Sinhala palm-leaf manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford", Bodleian Library Record, XIII (p. 514-518). A handlist of 48 previously unidentified Sinhala manuscripts in the Bodleian's collection. IND Ref A 10. Please check OLIS for other Oxford locations of this title.

Liyanaratne, J. 1992 Sri Lankan Medical manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Journal of the European Ayruvedic Society, vol. 2 (p. 36-53).(Lists and describes the Bodleian's collection of 36 palm-leaf manuscripts in Sinhala script. IND: Per 11 d 86. Reprinted in Buddhism and traditional medicine in Sri Lanka, ed. J. Liyanaratne (Dalugama : University of Kelaniya, 1999). IND: Ceylon 11 d 58. 

Topsfield, A. Indian paintings from Oxford collections. Oxford, 1994. (Lists 84 manuscripts). IND: 20 B 229.  EAL: IWgc Oxf.

Catalogues of specific collections

Clauson, Gerard: Catalogue of the Stein collection of Sanskrit mss. from Kashmir. In Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, July 1912, 587-627. (Lists 368 manuscripts). IND: Per gen d 38. BOD Bookstack: Or.Per.7

Gambier-Parry, Thomas Robert: A catalogue of the manuscripts purchased for the administrators of the Max Muller Memorial Fund. Oxford, 1922. (Lists 99 manuscripts). IND: 8 C 20. BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.14.

Gambier-Parry, Thomas Robert: A catalogue of photographs of Sanskrit manuscripts : purchased for the administrators of the Max Muller Memorial Fund. Oxford, 1930. (Lists 60 Rotographs). IND: 8 B 37. BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.15.

Katz, Jonathan (gen. ed.): A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1984- IND: 8 E 59/1-. BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.433.

• Pingree, D. 1984. pt.1 Jyotihsastra. (Lists 575 manuscripts)
• Brockington, J. 1999. pt..2 Epics and Puranas.(Lists 825 manuscripts)
• Aithal, K.P. 1999. pt. 3 Stotras.(Lists 548 manuscripts)

Stooke, H. 1946. Kalighat paintings in Oxford. Indian art and letters. New Series,20, (p.71-73). IND: Per 1 d 1. EAL: Y 28.

Wujastyk, D. 1990. "Sanskrit Ayurvedic manuscripts in the British Isles. Appendix 1. Ayurvedic manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere collections, Oxford," Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society, vol. 1 (p. 91-111). A handlist of 160 Ayurvedic manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere collection. IND: Per 11 d 56

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INDONESIAN LANGUAGES

Ricklefs, M.C. & Voorhoeve, P: Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. Oxford, 1977. BOD: 2590 d.Oxf.1d.5.

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JAPANESE

Bunn, Jonathan M. & Roberts, Adrian D.S.: A union list of Japanese local histories in British libraries. Oxford, 1981. BJL Reference: JM.G00669, JM.G00853.

Nanjio, Bunyiu: A catalogue of Japanese and Chinese books and manuscripts lately added to the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1881. BOD: 2590 d.Oxf.1d.5.

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MALAY

Greentree, R and Nicholson, E.W.B: Catalogue of Malay manuscripts and manuscripts relating to the Malay language in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1910. BOD Orient RR: Z.Cat.5.

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PERSIAN & TURKISH

Sachau, E., Ethé, H. & Beeston, A.F.L.: Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1889-1954. BOD: Orient RR: Z.Cat.6.
Part 1: The Persian manuscripts, begun by E. Sachau, continued, completed and edited by H. Ethé. (Describes 2,038 manuscripts).
Part 2: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and additional Persian manuscripts, by H. Ethé. (Describes 291 Turkish, 161 Persian, 43 Urdu, 4 Pashto and 1 "polyglot").
Part 3: Additional Persian manuscripts, by A.F.L. Beeston. (Describes a further 410 manuscripts).
(Part 2 of the catalogue contains a title index and conspectus of shelfmarks for parts 1 and 2; part 3 contains its own index of titles and conspectus of shelfmarks, and in addition, an index of authors, scribes and owners for all 3 parts. It also contains a "Conspectus of manuscripts dated earlier than A.H. 1000").