Drawings of physical positions of meditation. Some in colours., Acquired by Jesper Trier in Nepal, 1971, Illustrations of meditation exercises, and Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs by Hartmut Buescher and Tarab Tulku. Copenhagen: Curzon - Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2000. Vol. 1, p. 237
Treatise on elaborating the nature of the psyche (sems) in terms of creativity and onthological differences., Text acquired in Tibet by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980)., Philosophy text recovered by gter 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. 306
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
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]
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]
Catalogue of manuscripts in the Warissiyah library, Naskhi script, and Described in: Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts: codices arabici additamenta & codices Simonseniani arabici (Alhaidary & Rasmussen, 1995), p. 42 (English.), p. 138 (Arabic) [Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections (COMDC); vol. 5:1]
Bought by either Carsten Niebuhr or Peter Forsskål ca. 1762, Astronomy table, Nashi script, Black and red ink, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 327-331]
بو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الرحيم بن سليمان بن ابى الربيع القيسى القرناطى Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn 'Adb al-Raḥīm ibn Sulaymān ibn Abī al-Rabī' al-Qaysī al-Qarnāṭī
Description:
The text is partly based on the author's own travels, Geography, Maġribī script, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 341-342]
Illuminations on 75 pages: stars pictured by drawings in colour., Brought by Frederik Christian von Haven in Cairo ca. 1762., Book on astronomy, Nashi script, Chapter headings in red, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 290-294]
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]
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]
محمد بن سليمان الجزولى الشاذلى [Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Guzūlī al-Šād̠̠ilī]
Description:
Praying for the Prophet., Devotional text, Maġribī, Black ink, significant words in red, the prophet Muḥammad's name in red and green, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,1 [pp. 32 and 94]
محمد بن سليمان الجزولى الشاذلى [Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Guzūlī al-Šād̠̠ilī]
Description:
Praying for the Prophet., Illuminations of Makkah and Medhīnah., Devotional text, Nash̬ī Nash̬ī Nash̬ī Nash̬ī, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,1 [pp. 33-34 and 99-101]
Prayers for the Prophet., Illuminations of Makkah and Medhīnah in Western Sudanese style., Devotional text, Maġribī, Important words in red, yellow and blue, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 147-152]
محمد بن سليمان الجزولى الشاذلى Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Guzūlī [al-Šād̠̠ilī]
Description:
Praying for the Prophet., Illuminations of Makkah and Medhīnah., The text is placed 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. 1248-1251]
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]
محمد بن سليمان الجزولى الشاذلى Muḥammad [ibn Sulaymān] al-Guzūlī [al-Šād̠̠ilī]
Description:
Praying for the Prophet., Illuminations of Makkah and Medhīnah., Illuminated panels and medallions in the margins., Devotional text, Nash̬ī, and Described in detail in: Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Danish Collections, vol. 5,3 [pp. 1284-1288]
موسى بن محمد الرومى قاضيزاده البرزلى الحنفى Mūsā [ibn Muḥammad al-Rūmī] Qāḍīzādeh al-Birzalī al-Ḥanafī (ca. 840 H [ca. 1436 CE])
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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]
الماس خان كندوله اى Almās Xān [Kandūleh'ī] [18th c CE]
Description:
The text is a rendition of the love story between Khosrav Parvīz and princess Širīn., With 29 illustrations in watercolours., Love story in poetry, Nasta'līq, and Kurdish in Persian script
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
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]
Eighteen Luohans and Buddha with Weituo painted on bo-leaves (Sinhala bo) collected in a folded (liporello) book with wooden board (zitan woood)., Opposite each painted leaf is an empty leaf, which indicate the back-side of the painted leaf on the previous page., The Bo-tree is sacred to the Buddhist., All the leaves are placed in af blue setting framed by a light blue brocade., 18 Louhans painted on bo-leaves, Black ink, and On yellowish dried bo-leaves
Daoistisk work from the late Ming Dynasty e.g. 1622. This manuscript has been copied in Korea in the 18th century, possibly from a Chinese printed edition. It includes 11 illustrations in typical line drawing style., Daoist alchemy and sexual hygiene, and Kaishu
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