Description of Columbia University X892.5 Av3 S4 [Folio]: Vīdēvdād. Columbia University These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.5 Av3 S4 [Folio]: Vīdēvdād. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.5 Av3 S4 [Folio]: Vīdēvdād.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.5 Av3 S4 [Folio] 14620022 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1141867384 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/X892_5_Av3_S4.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14620022 Manuscript of the Vīdēvdād in alternating lines of Avestan and their Pahlavi translation. Avestan (in Pahlavi script) and Pahlavi with one line in Gujarati Vīdēvdād. scribe Mobed Sohrab, Son of Peshotan associated name Herbed Burzor, Son of Dastur Pahlan former owner Cochran, Alexander Smith, 1874-1929 donor Cochran, Alexander Smith, 1874-1929 1v [Vīdēvdād].

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 246, ii leaves : 290 x 225 (195 x 145) mm, bound to 300 x 230 mm Written in 16 long lines. Written in Pahlavi script. Notations in ink. Notations about the manuscript. Acquisitions note in pencil.

Full red leather with blind ruling. Manuscript fore-edge title: Vīzād va Zand Avestā.

The item was copied in 1227 AY by Sohrab, son of Peshotan and is likely a copy of a version copied in 1202 AY by Burzor, son of Pahlan (two colophons in Pahlavi, f. 246r).

1859? India? Gift of Mr. Alexander Smith Cochran, presented to Columbia University in 1908. Jan 15, 1926 date stamp inside cover. Zoroastrians--Liturgy Manuscripts, Avestan Manuscripts, Persian Manuscripts, Avestan Manuscripts, Persian Zoroastrians Manuscripts (documents) Codices (bound manuscripts) Edge titles (Binding)