Skip to main content

Many coloured drawings from pictures in the Hindu temple of Vishnu at Srirangam near Trichinopoli, with explanations in English, written in the second half of the 18th cent. in India

 File
MS. Douce 359
Held at the Weston Library

  • Request
    this

The latter are headed 'Naarda [Nārada] Maahamuni requests of Sheven (or Jumbanada) [Siva Jambunātha] to explain to him everything relating to the Pagoda of Syringham': the subjects are from Hindu mythology.

Dates

  • Creation: written in the second half of the 18th cent. in India

Extent

28 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 359

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21934

Physical Facet

On paper, with coloured drawings, binding: red leather with stamped ornaments in gold and silver (Indian contemporary work?), with the back ornamented later in English style

Dimensions

12 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom