Thank you, Jef, this is extremely helpful and clear. Best regards, Dominik
Dominik Wujastyk INDOLOGY list <http://indology.info> committee member *Please do not reply to me personally: re*ply to [email protected] On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 at 13:18, Pierce, James F <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding the question about Penn’s collection of South Asian manuscripts: > there is essentially no relationship between OPenn > <https://openn.library.upenn.edu/> and Colenda > <https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/>—they are not integrated, but for the > most part contain the same content. The primary difference is user > experience. Colenda is much more user-friendly for the average researcher; > OPenn is more appropriate for large scale downloading and machine reading. > > > > That said, Colenda will likely grow to include more manuscript content > that will not be added to OPenn due to CC license agreements. We partnered > with the Rāmamālā Library several years ago to digitize approximately 100 > manuscripts which are only available in Colenda, and we’re currently > working on a substantial manuscript digitization project in partnership > with the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, which again will > be ingested into Colenda but probably not added to OPenn. > > > > Nearly all of Penn’s historical collection of Indic manuscripts has been > digitized and is openly available. However, we have about 250 manuscripts > which weren’t digitized for various reasons when we were completing the > project several years back, so if there’s a manuscript you think we have > but isn’t available online, please be in touch with myself and/or Senior > Curator, Mitch Fraas (cc’ed). > > > > All Best, > > Jef Pierce > > > > ____________________ > > James F. Pierce, PhD > > South Asian Studies Librarian & > > Assistant Director, Center for Global Collections > > University of Pennsylvania > > 555 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center > > 3420 Walnut Street | Philadelphia, PA 19104 > > 215.898.7146 | [email protected] > > (he/him/his) > > > > *From: *INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 1:19 PM > *To: *Timothy Cahill <[email protected]> > *Cc: *Indology ([email protected]) <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [INDOLOGY] Manuscript collections on archive.org > > Thanks for this Tim. Links to the resources you mention are already there > in the listing at http://indology.info/external-resources > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/indology.info/external-resources__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD10GDeiX$>, > afaik. The way information is presented is far from clear: I'm trying to > get an upgrade to the Wordpress plugin, in the hope of improving > presentation. > > > > About the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, some of their MSS could be found at > archive.org > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/archive.org__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD9ORVrXH$> > by searching in Devanagari, but I think they have been taken down. > > > > Best, > > Dominik > > > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 at 17:37, Timothy Cahill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > The Lalcand Research Library (originally in Lāhore) of D.A.V. College, > Chandigarh has a large collection, some of which was previously available > on archive.org > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/archive.org__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD9ORVrXH$>. > The manuscripts that I downloaded a few years back came with a full roman > transcription as well as translations. Current web site: > https://www.davchd.ac.in/lcrl > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.davchd.ac.in/lcrl__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD8ed3GWH$> > > A MS from the Asiatic Society of Mumbai was also available on > archive.org > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/archive.org__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD9ORVrXH$> > some years back, but it too has disappeared from there and (likely) been > integrated into their new site at: > > https://www.asiaticsociety.org.in/index.php/holdings/manuscripts > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.asiaticsociety.org.in/index.php/holdings/manuscripts__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD7zrXJhr$> > > This site requires registration and the payment of a fee as an annual > subscription. > > One note about the Penn collection: it is integrated into the worldcat > site, so a search for a book will also bring up notices of the Penn > collection, plus links that bring you directly to the digitized images. > > Best wishes, > > Tim Cahill > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 3:25 PM Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Deepest thanks to everyone who has sent me further links for the list of > "Online Libraries of Scanned Manuscripts" at INDOLOGY.info. I'm using a > cheap-and-cheerful plugin for Wordpress that doesn't allow manual > rearrangement of the list items. So it's a bit of a grab-bag. > > > > Best, > > Dominik > > > > > Dominik Wujastyk > > INDOLOGY list > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/indology.info__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD07r63ke$> > committee member > > *Please do not reply to me personally: re*ply to > [email protected] > > > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 at 13:23, Dominik Wujastyk <[email protected]> wrote: > > already there, via Colenda. What is the relationship between UPenn's > Colenda and OPenn? > > > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 at 08:50, Eric Moses Gurevitch via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > In addition to the already-mentioned repositories, Penn Libraries has > digitized almost 3000 South Asian manuscripts: > https://openn.library.upenn.edu/html/indic_contents.html > > > > Take care, > > Eric > > > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 9:13 AM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > There's also a nice collection of Sanskrit mss. from Cambridge U. : > > https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sanskrit/1 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sanskrit/1__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD8RvJOEO$> > > > > The Gallica database of the Bibliotheque nationale de France also includes > scans of many Skt. and other Indic mss., but I haven't found an easy way to > globally search Skt. alone. Here's the general site: > > https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/en/content/accueil-en?mode=desktop > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/en/content/accueil-en?mode=desktop__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD9Nib1Cq$> > > > > And, if anyone cares to look up the details and post them, the Endangered > Archives programme of the British Library (https://eap.bl.uk/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eap.bl.uk/__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD65XmZ6P$>) > has scanned quite a lot of Pali and probably some Sanskrit as well (not to > mention Tibetan, Mongolian, etc.). > > > > The Buddhist Digital Archives (https://library.bdrc.io/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/library.bdrc.io/__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzImGcl3$>), > though specializing in Tibetan, has recently branched out to include Pali, > Sanskrit, and SE Asian languages, though I am not yet clear about what part > of these additions are redirects to other databases. > > > > Matthew T. Kapstein > > Professor emeritus > > Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris > > > > Associate > > The University of Chicago Divinity School > > > > https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDwjtjyz3$> > > > > Sent with Proton Mail > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/proton.me/__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDyDIA2bR$> > secure email. > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 at 3:48 PM, Giovanni Ciotti via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I've recently become aware of this one (registration required): > https://lucknowdigitallibrary.com/publication-category/manuscripts > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lucknowdigitallibrary.com/publication-category/manuscripts__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD-ttI7Mr$> > > > > All best, > > Giovanni > > > > - - - > Dr. Giovanni Ciotti > Spokesperson > The Palm-Leaf Manuscript Profiling Initiative (PLMPI) > ( > https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/written-artefacts/working-groups/plmpi.html > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/written-artefacts/working-groups/plmpi.html__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD6eGYiOh$> > ) > Cluster of Excellence - Understanding Written Artefacts > Warburgstraße 26 > 20354 Hamburg > Germany > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 at 10:56, Royce Wiles via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Admittedly NOT on archive.org > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/archive.org__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD9ORVrXH$>, > however, the Jain elibrary > > > > https://jainelibrary.org/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/jainelibrary.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD3Lcpqw7$> > > > > (free registration required for full access) > > > > has scanned and uploaded around 800 manuscripts (seemingly exclusively > Jain texts) (findable in the category on the left of the site) as well as > the 16,899 ‘books’ on the site and 6,000+ ‘articles’ > > > > > > On 25 Jul 2023, at 20:25, Christophe Vielle via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > There is also > > Chunilal Gandhi Vidyabhavan, Surat, Pandit Shivadatta Shukla collection > > > https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Chunilal+Gandhi+Vidyabhavan+Surat%22 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/archive.org/search?query=creator*3A*22Chunilal*Gandhi*Vidyabhavan*Surat*22__;JSUrKysl!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD1ZSTyJH$> > > > > Le 24 juil. 2023 à 22:38, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> a écrit : > > > > Dear list members, > > Has anyone compiled a list of manuscript collections on archive.org > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/archive.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZD0jLAAOU$>. > I'm of course aware of egangotri, but I would appreciate it if members > could give me references to other collections of original manuscripts. > > Thanks, > > Harry Spier > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzc7AlQM$> > > > > ––––––––––––––––––– > Christophe Vielle > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uclouvain.be/en/directories/christophe.vielle__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDyFYDxKJ$> > Louvain-la-Neuve > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzc7AlQM$> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzc7AlQM$> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzc7AlQM$> > > > > > -- > > Eric Moses Gurevitch > > National Endowment for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow > > Vanderbilt University > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzc7AlQM$> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!RnQuPA2BhiHd8Jf9ADLmKOUYlSAtxHoQU3mSZYf_5cujMBcIAuOVycQIS7yhgzJIil53ETL2DK7d0ftSECuZDzc7AlQM$> > > > > > -- > > Timothy C. 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