Florentine Sanskrit manuscripts
- Type
- Descriptive catalogue
- Languages
- Sanskrit
- Manuscripts
- 503
- Collections
- Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence
- Sources
- Attested in:
- Biswas 1998 no. 0324
- Janert 1965 no. 88
- Library of Congress (LCCN 32014361)
- Open Library OL4261699W
- NCC 1984 list, “Fl”
Description (Biswas 1998)
Reprint. Original published: Leipzig: Kreysing, 1892. Description of 503 Sanskrit mss. with beginning and sometime end lines. Arranged by subject. Works, author indices. Contents: Vol I. Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Nazionale (mss. no. 1-416, p. 1-149). Vol II. Manuscripts in the Instituto di Studi Superiori (mss. no. 417(1)- 503(87), p. 150-167). Biblioteca Nazionale's collection was purchased from Bhagavandas of Surat during 1885-86 and 8 philosophical mss. were donated by Girolamo Donati.Instituto de Studi Superiori collection was mainly purchased at Poona from the aid of Kielhorn and some were presented by Indian Princes and Surendra Mohan Tagore.
From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0324, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.
Annotation (Janert 1965)
(Classified descriptive catalogue with extracts (mostly from the beginnings) of Ms. nos. 1 -416 (in the: Biblioteca Nazionale), and Ms. nos. 417-503 or (1)-(87) [sic] (in the: Istituto di Studi Superiori). 2 Indices.)
From K. L. Janert, An Annotated Bibliography of the Catalogues of Indian Manuscripts (Wiesbaden, 1965), no. 88, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.