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Indien 1061. Catalogue of Tamil Manuscripts (BnF) by Vinson (1 of 2)

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Catalogue of Tamil Manuscripts (BnF) by Vinson (1 of 2)
Manuscript in French (+ Tamil).
1868. Autograph manuscript by Julien Vinson (1843-1926).
France.
Scribal hands: (U1) Latin script. Ink, black. Hand #1 (Vinson).(U2a) Latin script. Ink, black, red. Hand #1 (Vinson).(U2b) Latin, Tamil script. Ink, black. Hand #1 (Vinson).
CoverFront: the front cover. Recto marbled. u1: 2 folios = front guard leaves. No foliation. U1: 17 folios = Biographies of Ducler and Ariel. Arabic foliation 1-13, 13bis, 14-16. Versos blank. 175 x 225 mm. U2: 53 folios. U2a: 2 folios = Catalogue: Title Page. Foliation A-B. fAv, fBr, fBv blank. U2b: 51 folios = Catalogue proper. Arabic foliation 2-4, 4bis, 5-22, 22bis, 23-50. f1 missing. Versos blank. 195 x 255 mm. u2: 2 folios = back guard leaves. No foliation. CoverBack: the back cover. Verso marbled.

leaf: 225-255 × 175-195 mm. object: 260 × 230 × 20 mm.
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A catalogue of the Tamil manuscripts in the now BnF by Julien Vinson, first part.

The codex contains:

  • Biographies (handwritten) of Ducler and Ariel by Julien Vinson (U1).
  • Catalogue (handwritten) by Julien Vinson for Tamoul 1-132 (old shelfmark) = BnF Indien 1-132 (new shelfmark) (U2). The first folio is missing (description of Tamoul 1-5). This draft version has corrections in red ink. The proofreadings have been printed and still exist, uncorrected (Vinson 1868) and corrected (Vinson et al. 1866-).

Composite manuscript described as a multi-text manuscript for the sake of convenience.

Description based on the examination of the original manuscript (March 2022).

Dimensions assessed at the time of examination.

Contents (Composite)

(U1) Biographies of Ducler and Ariel

(U2a) Catalogue: Title Page

(U2b) Catalogue proper

Paratexts

  • title, spine: Printed title “J. VINSON. _ CATALOGUE TAMOUL.” and addition in black ink “Nos 1-132.” (spine).
  • shelfmark, spine: BnF shelfmark sticker: “INDIEN 1061” (spine).
  • shelfmark, cover, front: BnF shelfmark sticker: “INDIEN 1061” (front cover, verso).
  • (u1) shelfmark: BnF shelfmark in black pencil: “Cat. 329 ter” (f[1]r).
  • (u1) shelfmark: BnF shelfmark in black ink: “Indien 1061” (f[1]r).

Transcription conventions
\/ indicates additions. {} indicates a note. […] indicates an ellipsis. General ― Unmarked length of ō and ē supplied. Unmarked puḷḷi supplied. Conjectural reading (text unclear) between parentheses. Supplied reading (text lost) between square brackets. Alternative readings separated by slash. In transliteration ― Unmarked elided overshort u supplied as an apostrophe. Uppercase for initial vowels. Symbols between curly brackets. Abbreviations ― c = column; f = folio; lf = library foliation; lm = left margin; r = recto; rm = right margin; u / U followed by a number = unit (codicological and/or textual); v = verso.

Bibliographie

Cabaton, Antoine. 1912. Catalogue sommaire des manuscrits indiens, indo-chinois & malayo-polynésiens. Bibliothèque nationale. Département des manuscrits. Paris: E. Leroux. — See handwritten addition, f12v, no. 1061.

Vinson, Julien & Feer, Léon & s.n. 1866-. Catalogue des manuscrits tamoul et télinga. Manuscript, BnF Indien 577.

Vinson, Julien 1868. Manuscrits tamouls. Proofreadings of the catalogue for Tamoul 1-204 (old shelfmark). Printed by the atelier oriental de l’Imprimerie nationale. BnF “4-IMPROR-77 (B)”. — The same proofreadings with black ink handwritten corrections are found in Vinson et al. (1866-, f1-f49).

Historique de la conservation

Paris, BnF.

Informations sur le traitement

This catalogue entry has been adapted from:

FRANCIS, Emmanuel. 2022. “Indien 1061. Catalogue of Tamil Manuscripts (BnF) by Vinson (1 of 2).Descriptive Catalogue of the Texts Surrounding Texts Project. Paris: TST Project. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6475589