rDzogs-chen tantra elaborating on the identity of pristine cognitivity (rig pa) with the ultimate stratum of ontological reality (dharmakāya) and the overcomming of obstacles to realizing it., Text acquired in Tibet by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980)., Philosophy text recoved by gter ston rGod kyi Ldem 'phru can, and Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs by Hartmut Buescher and Tarab Tulku. Copenhagen: Curzon – Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2000. Vol. 1. p. 116
A treatise dealing with elimination of obstacles (gegs sel), particularly during contemplative practies, Text acquired in Tibet by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980), Ritual text recovered by the ger ston rGod kyi ldem 'phru can, and Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs by Hartmut Buescher and Tarab Tulku. Copenhagen: Curzon – Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2000. Vol. 2. p. 719
Provisional description (Sept. 2012), Ta'liq script, and Vestergaard & Mehren: Codices Orientales Bibliothecæ Regiæ Havniensis ... Vol. III: Codices Persici, Turcici, Hindustanici variique alii; enumerati et descripti ab A. F. Mehren, Copenhagen 1857, p. 11.
Translation of "Tales of a Parrot" from Farsi to Urdu presumably by Ghawasi (Dekhani version), Moralistic stories (Erotic tales), Ta'līq, and Codices Orientales Bibliothecæ Regiæ Hafniensis, pars tertia: Codices persicos, turcicos, hindustanious. Hafniæ 1857, p. 74
A concise description of the essentials features of three rDzogs-chen empowernments related to the experience of pristine cognitivity, Text acquired in Tibet by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980), Ritual text recovered by the ger ston rGod kyi ldem 'phru can, and Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs by Hartmut Buescher and Tarab Tulku. Copenhagen: Curzon – Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2000. Vol. 2. p. 655
End of tale no. 6 - beginning of tale no. 7 and Described in: Catalogue of Mongol books, manuscripts and xylographs by Walther Heissig. Copenhagen: The Royal Library 1971, pp. 33-37
According to N. L. Westergaard (1815-1878), the manuscript (incomplete) was copied in 1572., Purchased in Kirmān (Kermān), Iran by N. L. Westergaard in 1843., Letter on "Dadistani divi" from Edward William West (1824-1905) dated to June 4th 1878 is attached in the beginning of the book., Religious texts, Pahlavi, and with high-lights in green and red
Elaboration of the philosophical premises of the oral tradition of the very secret and highest rDogs-chen decending from Vairocana., Text acquired in Tibet by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980), Philosophy, and Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs by Hartmut Buescher and Tarab Tulku. Copenhagen: Curzon – Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2000. Vol. 1. P. 298
Books 14-15 [fols. 202b-214b] have been ascribed to Hypsicles [Ibsiqlā[wu]s], Books 3-15 of Euclid's Elements, ar, Naskhi, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,1 [pp. 281-285]
Bought by either Carsten Niebuhr or Peter Forsskål ca. 1762, Calculation tables, where numbers are replaced with letters, Nashi script, Black and red ink, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 299-302]
End of tale no. 13 and Described in: Catalogue of Mongol books, manuscripts and xylographs by Walther Heissig. Copenhagen: The Royal Library 1971, pp. 33-37
موسى بن محمد الرومى قاضيزاده البرزلى الحنفى Mūsā [ibn Muḥammad al-Rūmī] Qāḍīzādeh al-Birzalī al-Ḥanafī (ca. 840 H [ca. 1436 CE])
Description:
The text is a commentary to the astronomical compendium al-Mulah̬h̬as͎ fī 'ilm al-hay'ah written by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Umar al-Ǧiġmīni al-H̬wārizmī., Astronomy, Ta'līq, Headings in red and the commented text marked with a read line, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 295-298]
Table of the Coptic months and a table of the rising and setting stars in the year 1090 H [1679/80 CE]., Brought by either Carsten Niebuhr or Peter Forsskål ca. 1762, Various astronomical tables, Nashi script, Black, red and green ink, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 323-326]
The contiunation of tale no. 13 and Described in: Catalogue of Mongol books, manuscripts and xylographs by Walther Heissig. Copenhagen: The Royal Library 1971, pp. 33-37
Philosophical discourse elaborating the notions of gZˊi, Lam and 'Bas bu in accordance with the oral tradition of very secret, highest rDzogs pa chen po, Text acquired in Tibet by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980), Philosophy, and Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs by Hartmut Buescher and Tarab Tulku. Copenhagen: Curzon – Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2000. Vol. 1. p. 305
ال>>قاسم بن علي الحريري>> Al-Qāsim ibn 'Alī al-Ḥarīrī
Description:
Rhymed prose tale, Nashi script, Title and other details in Kufi script, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 1416-1421]
Binding shows European influences., Lamaistic prayers and didactic writings, and Described in: Hessig, Walther: Catalogue of Mongol books, manuscripts and xylographs [COMDC 3], Copenhagen: The Royal Library 1971, p. 59f.
The manuscript contains a selection of sūrahs of the Qur'ān and du'ā' prayers, Pages 192-236 consist of miniatures and specimens of calligraphy, Devotion, Vocalised Nash̬ī in black, Headings in white, verse markers gold with small red, black and white dots, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 1304-1308]
Purchased by Rasmus Rask in Bombay in 1820., Interpretation in Sanskrit by Niriosängh, Liturgy, Avesta and Sanskrit, and high-lights in red. Sanskrit up-side down
مير غلام حسن دهلى Mīr Ghūlam Hasan Dihlī [1727-1786 CE]
Description:
Romance of Prince Bi-Nazir and Princess Badr-i-Munir in Urdu., The text in black is framed by one blue line followed by two red. Some chapter headings in red. Gilded Onvan., 40 polychrome minuatures of varying sizes; one over two pages., Narrative work in rhyming couplets, and Nastaliq
محمد بن سليمان الجزولى الشاذلى [Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Guzūlī al-Šād̠̠ilī]
Description:
Praying for the Prophet., Illuminations in gold, blue and red., Illuminations of Makkah and Medhīnah., Text is enclosed within gold and black multiple frames., Devotional text, Nash̬ī, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 1289-1293]
With some few notes in Sanskrit., Purchased by Rasmus Rask in Bombay in 1820., Hymn, Avestan and Sanskrit, and Codices Indici bibliothecæ regiæ Havniensis I (1846), pp. 113
First date mentioned is 14 Ṣafar 1057 H [21.3.1647 CE], the last year is 1099 H [1688 CE], Astronomical and other calendar information, Naskhi, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 332-336]
Nakhshabi, Ziya'-al-Din (d. 1350 CE) ar|Šaizarī, 'abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Naṣr ibn 'Abd Allāh aš- (12th CE)
Description:
Three texts (incomplete), 'Pleasures of women', 'Secet of sexual life' and an anonymous text on aphrodisia, Sexual hygienne Sex life, Ta'līq, and Codices Orientales Bibliothecæ Regiæ Hafniensis, pars tertia: Codices persicos, turcicos, hindustanious. Hafniæ 1857, pp. 15-16
Tale, no. 9, no. 10, no. 11 and the beginning of tale no. 12. and Described in: Catalogue of Mongol books, manuscripts and xylographs by Walther Heissig. Copenhagen: The Royal Library 1971, pp. 33-37
Only front cover and pages with content have been digitised. For information about the discussion on the sources of the illustrations, cf. Selected references., Also referred to as Manju 49. Former shelf mark: Mands. 2., Provenance: Peter Arnt Kierulff (1838-1909), Danish merchant in Beijing. Acquired in 1901; donated to the Royal Library in 1906., Anatomical illustrations partly based on Thomas Bartonlin: Anatome quartum renovata (1677 or later), Manchu, Additions in Chinese script, and Facsimile edition: Anatomie mandchoue: facsimilé du manuscrit no. II du fonds oriental de la Bibliothèque Royale de Copenhague. Publié sous les auspices de Abr. Clod-Hansen par Victor Madsen; traduction du texte mandchou par Vilhelm Thomsen. Copenhague: Bibliotheque Royale, 1928 [Archival funds related to the facsimile edition: Clod-Hansen, Abraham: Optegnelser vedr. den mansjuiske Anatomi (shelf mark: NKS 1969 folio)] Johnsson, J. W. S.: L'anatomie mandchoue et les figures de Th. Bartholin, étude d'iconographie comparée. [Det kgl. danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Biologiske Meddelelser. VII. 7]. Copenhagen 1928 Fuchs, Walter & Gimm, Martin: "Die Manjurische Sammlung der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Kopenhagen" Gimm, Martin et al. (Hrsg.): Klassische, moderne und bibliographische Studien zu Mandschuforschung [Aetas Manjurica, 2] Wiesbaden 1991, pp. 42-115 Young, Kue-Hing, "French Jesuits and the ’Manchu Anatomy’ - how China missed the Vesalian Revolution". Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMA Journal), Vol. 111, September 21, 1974, pp. 565-568
سراج الدين ابو حفص عمر ابن الوردي Sirāǧ al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ 'Umar ibn al-Wardī
Description:
Bought in Cairo 1761/62 by the Danish philologist Frederik Christian von Haven (d. 1763), a member of the Carsten Niebuhr expedition 1761-1767., Geography and natural history, Nash̬ī script, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 345-349]