Digital facsimile of manuscript Jarring Prov. 460

Annotated Turki Manuscripts from the Jarring Collection Online (ATMO)

Test edition 2016-05-25

Lund University Library Jarring Prov. 460

Two tales

A copy of a tale taken from a book called ... , evidently a collection of tales and stories. This tale deals with an eshan and his pupil, a king of a city where there was no difference between good and evil, where the prices were the same for everything, and a thief of that city. Although the original of the book may be Persian, this tale has been adapted to the localities of the city of Yarkand. On f. 3a follows a short ... of the tall tale-type (cf. Jarring, A Tall Tale from Central Asia, Lund 1973)

Language: Uighur

Physical description

Support: paper, white, unpolished, probably of Russian make

Extent: ff. 4 350 × 220mm.

Foliation: The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.

Condition: Fair

Decoration

Binding

The ms. is not bound.

History

Origin

Place of origin: Eastern Turkistan

Date of origin: 20th century, early (?)

No date, but probably early 20th century. The copy was made in Kashghar or Yarkand.

Provenance: Among Gustaf Raquette's papers.

Acquisition: The ms. was presented by Gustaf Raquette's widow, Mrs. Hanna Raquette to the Lund University Library in the 1960's.

Catalog record of Lund University Library: http://www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/view.jsf?pid=alvin-record%3A460

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Digital facsimile of manuscript Jarring Prov. 460. By Annotated Turki Manuscripts from the Jarring Collection Online (ATMO). (Principal investigators: Arienne M. Dwyer and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen.) Manuscript held and scanned by Lund University Library . Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. Lawrence, Kansas: Annotated Turki Manuscripts from the Jarring Collection Online, 2016-05-25. On the Web at https://uyghur.ittc.ku.edu/manuscripts/Jarring_Prov_460.df.xml. Last examined dd Mmmmmm YYYY.

2016-05-25

Digital facsimile of manuscript Jarring Prov. 460