[INDOLOGY] Mss. from Rotkuppelraum, Qyzyl

[Richard Salomon]

Dear colleagues,

Many thanks to C. Dreyer, T. Lubin, G.-J. Pinault, and D. Gunkel for 
their prompt and very helpful reply to my query about the findspot of 
the Qyzyl manuscripts.

Richard Salomon

On 10/10/2015 1:05 AM, Georges PINAULT wrote:
> Dear Richard,  Dear Colleagues,    The short narrative about the
> discovery of Sanskrit and Tocharian manuscripts can be found in A. von
> Le Coq, Auf Hellas Spuren in Ost-Turkistan, Leipzig, 1926, p. 115. It
> happened during the 3rd Turfan-Expedition. More information about the
> Rotkuppelraum and the Rotkuppelhöhlen (present day numbers 66 and 67 in
> the Chinese numbering of Qizil caves) can be found in M. Yaldiz,
> Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte Chinesisch-Zentralasiens (Xinjiang),
> Leiden, Brill, 1987, see the index. As far as Tocharian is concerned,
> the Toch. B manuscripts that were found there have the finding
> mark MQR (= Ming-öi Qizil, Rotkuppelraum) in the edition of Toch.
> B Berlin fragments by E. Sieg and W. Siegling, Tocharische Sprachreste,
> Sprache B. Heft 2: Fragmente Nr. 71-633, Göttingen, 1953, see the
> introduction p. 8 and the concordance at the end of the book, p. 406.
> Check also the paper by Melanie Malzahn, Tocharian texts and where to
> find them, in M. Malzahn (ed.), Instrumenta Tocharica, Heidelberg, 2007,
> p. 79-112, but no much details are provided about this issue.  I suppose
> that a similar concordance is provided in the volumes of SHT published
> originally under the direction of E. Waldschmidt, and now by Kl. Wille,
> but I have no time today to check. One should also of course investigate
> the book by Lore Sander, Paläographisches, etc.,  Wiesbaden, 1968.
>
> This is a first answer which I can provide on the spot. If more
> information is needed, I will look at other sources, and especially the
> works of Grünwedel, which I have at home, but it will take some more time.
>
> With best wishes,  Yours,   Georges-Jean Pinault
>
>      > Message du 08/10/15 22:48
>      > De : "Richard Salomon" <rsalomon at u.washington.edu>
>      > A : indology at list.indology.info
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>      > Objet : [INDOLOGY] Mss. from Rotkuppelraum, Qyzyl
>      >
>      > Does anyone happen to know of a detailed description of the
>      > circumstances of discovery of Sanskrit and Tocharian manuscripts
>     in the
>      > "Rotkuppelraum" at Qyzyl by A. von le Coq? (This is only very
>     cursorily
>      > described in his "Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan", p.126
>     of the
>      > English version.)
>      >
>      > Also, is there a convenient comprehensive list of the manuscripts
>     that
>      > came from this cave?
>      >
>      > Thanks
>      > Rich Salomon
>      >
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>      > Richard Salomon
>      > Department of Asian Languages and Literature
>      > University of Washington, Box 353521
>      > Seattle WA 98195-3521
>      > USA
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Richard Salomon
Department of Asian Languages and Literature
University of Washington, Box 353521
Seattle WA 98195-3521
USA