It is probably worth noting that the manuscript in your IMG_2069 to IMG_2078 is quite similar to a manuscript of the Devīmāhātmya in the Cambridge University Library (MS-OR-02344), with reference both to the hand that wrote them (strongly influenced by Malayalam script) and to the particular kind of palm leaves used. The Cambridge manuscript has been digitized and is fully accessible: http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-OR-02344/1 . It was copied by some Nārāyaṇan in 1908: although I wouldn’t go so far as to state that the two manuscripts were written by the same scribe, I’m reasonably sure that your manuscript is the same age as the Cambridge one.

Marco
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Il giorno 05/giu/2016, alle ore 07:31, McComas Taylor <McComas.Taylor@anu.edu.au> ha scritto:

Dear Colleagues

Some weeks ago a friend brought in these mystery manuscripts that he purchased in Tamil Nadu 40 years ago. I have taken a dozen images and zipped them together - we would be very grateful if anyone could help us identify them

https://alliance.anu.edu.au/access/content/user/u3936301/Mysyer_mss/Archive.zip

Thanks in advance

McComas

McComas Taylor, Associate Professor
Reader in Sanskrit
College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University, Tel. + 61 2 6125 3179
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mccomasanu/
Address: Baldessin Building 4.24, ANU, ACT 0200

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