Description of Columbia University MS Or 323: Khordah Avesta.

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Manuscript of the Khordeh Avesta containing Avestan texts, some with Pahlavi translation, including Jasa-me, Afsudan-i Gomez, Kem-na Mazda, Nirang Naxun Pahrez, Niyayesh 1 and 3, Afrin-i Dahman, Afrinagan-i Frawardigan, Afrinagan-i Gahambar, Siroza Yast 1, and Yasht 1. These are followed by two Persian texts.

Avestan and Persian with some Pahlavi Khordah Avesta. scribe Rustam Gushtāsp Ardashīr Gushtāsp, active 1726 رستم گشتاسپ اردشير گشتاسپ، former owner Mobed Hormazdyar Mobed Khodabaksh former owner Sorabji Framji Madan former owner Mobed Framji Fardunji Madan former owner Jamaspasa, Kaikhusroo former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v [Khordah Avesta] 88v Ṣad Dar-i nas̲r 152v Dar z̲ikr-i muluk furus az Ardishīr Bābakān tā Yazdgird-i Shahriyār

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i, 174, i leaves : 194 x 140 (140 x 90) mm, bound to 197 x 140 mm 12 to 15 lines per page. Avestan and nastaʻlīq in black ink. Rubrications in red. Notations Notations

Unstamped light brown leather over pasteboard; plain paper pastedowns. Cover is partially detached.

Copy completed in Yazd in 1095 AY (1726 CE) by Rustam Gushtāsp Ardashīr Gushtāsp (f. 86v, 151v).

1726 Yazd, Iran Gift of Dastur Kaikhusro JamaspAsa, 1901. Formerly owned by Sorabji Framji Madan (note, front flyleaf recto). Formerly owned by Mobed Hormazdyar Mobed Khodabaksh (note, back flyleaf recto). Formerly owned by Mobed Framji Fardunji Madan (provenance record in M.N. Dhalla, The Nyaishes or Zoroastrian Litanies, 1908). Pahlavi language--Texts Zoroastrianism--Liturgy--Texts Manuscripts, Persian Manuscripts, Avestan Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Early works