MS Vienna OBVSG Stein & Hügel Collection Indicus 87
Manuscript
ID: 109271
Works contained:
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Note: title identifiable: bālabo [bālabodhaḥ?, bālabodhinī?]
Located in: Vienna
Stored in: Austrian National Library
Accession number: Indicus 87
Currently collected in (Collection): Sammlungen Marcus Aurel Stein und Carl Alexander von Hügel
Serial number: 84
Script: Sarada
Material: Birch bark
Condition: Poor
Physical completeness: Incomplete
More facts:
- Unclear text
- Crumbled by touch
- The writing inside is well preserved and legible
- Without restoration
- No review was possible
- History of the manuscript: Bühler (?)
- Leather-binding
More info:
Up on contacting the library, Katharina Kaska informed that the manuscript is packed for conservation purposes and should not be opened due to its poor condition. It is about a 10cm high book block. Photography or use are unfortunately entirely excluded. At the moment there are no plans to restore these or other birch bark manuscripts.
Print sources
Catalogs:
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Slaje 1990 Vienna Catalogue (p. 137) • archive.org
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(restricted access) academia.edu
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Scholarship:
Last update: 11.05.2021 - 06:57