The MCAH_Lausanne_IG256 and MCAH_Lausanne_IV829 are in Malayalam lipi, apparently transcribing a Malayalam text but I am not proficient enough in the language to see which one.

Best,

F. Voegeli



On 24 Jun 2019, at 12:31, Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,


Claire Brizon (cc-ed), a colleague from the Bern University, recently sent me photographs of palm-leaf manuscripts brought in the 18th century from India to Switzerland by Swiss mercenaries (Polier, Villaret).

I could identify the language and script of 2 Tamil manuscripts. There are 4 other items: in Malayalam, Singhalese and Telugu/Kannada, it seems.

Could knowledgeable ones kindly confirm/infirm my guesses and say more about the contents of the manuscripts?

Here are the pictures:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gt6knv3ojp3p2g0/AACYn4j4qeV9yjO2nvj4y_ETa?dl=0

Please contact directly Claire Brizon <claire.brizon@ikg.unibe.ch>.

If you are interested in studying these manuscripts, Claire Brizon will do her best to get more pictures.

With very best wishes.

Emmanuel FRANCIS
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950, Universität Hamburg)


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