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RIGVEDA-SAMHITA
ms2097
MS in Sanskrit on paper, India, early 19th c., 4 vols., 795 ff. (complete), 10x20 cm, single column, (7x17 cm), 10 lines in Devanagari script with deletions in yellow, Vedic accents, corrections etc in red.
Binding: India, 19th c., blind-stamped brown leather, gilt spine, sewn on 5 cords, marbled endleaves
Context: See also MS 2162-2164, grammar, commentary and performance manual on the RigVeda.
Provenance: 1. Eames Collection, Chicago, no. 1956; 2. Newberry Library, Chicago, ORMS 960 (acq.no. 152851-152854) (ca. 1920-1994); 3. Sam Fogg cat. 17(1996):42.
Commentary: The Rigveda-Samhita is the only surviving recension of the oldest ritual hymns of India. It consists of 1028 hymns, largely organised by subject/matter. It is an anthology collected from the larger number of hymns in use in the many priestly families of ancient India. The language in which hymns were composed is the form of Aryan which was spoken around 1000 BC. Modern scholars think that the corpus of texts was organised in its present textual and linguistic form around 600 BC, but was further orally transmitted from master to pupil until ca. 300-200 BC, when it was finally committed to writing. The archaic linguistic forms are the most valuable source for the investigation of the oldest stages of the Indo-European languages, as Homeric Greek and Hittite.
The text preserves a stage of Indian religion quite different from modern Hinduism, the rituals being centred on animal sacrifice and the consumption of Soma, an intoxicating drink, and the pantheon being that of Indo-European steppe-dwellers.
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Extinct and living religions
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The Schøyen Collection has extensive materials in Judaism and Christianity (Collections 1., 5., 6 and 12.), and Buddhism (Collection 22). Other religions are also represented. 21 examples are listed here. The first 7 are representing extinct religions of the ancients.
Extinct religions
23.1. Sumerian religion
* MS 3029 Sumer, 26th c. BC
* MS 2272 Sumer, 2400-2200 BC
* MS 3281 Babylonia, 1900-1700 BC
23.2. Babylonian religion
* MS 2401 Babylonia, 2000-1800 BC
* See also MS 2367/1, Babylonia, 20th - 17th BC
23.3. Assyrian religion
* See MS 2180, Assyria, ca. 646 BC
23.4. Egyptian religion
* See also MS 1638, Egypt, 15th c. BC
* See also MS 125, Egypt, 1292-1185 BC
* MS 126 Egypt, 1197-1085 BC
23.5. Greek religion and mythology
* MS 2628 Egypt, 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD
* See MS 593, Crete, 2nd half 15th c.
23.6. Maya religion
* MS 1280 Honduras, ca. 600-850
23.7. Veda
* MS 2097 India, early 19th c.
RIGVEDA-SAMHITA
ms2097
MS in Sanskrit on paper, India, early 19th c., 4 vols., 795 ff. (complete), 10x20 cm, single column, (7x17 cm), 10 lines in Devanagari script with deletions in yellow, Vedic accents, corrections etc in red.
Binding: India, 19th c., blind-stamped brown leather, gilt spine, sewn on 5 cords, marbled endleaves
Context: See also MS 2162-2164, grammar, commentary and performance manual on the RigVeda.
Provenance: 1. Eames Collection, Chicago, no. 1956; 2. Newberry Library, Chicago, ORMS 960 (acq.no. 152851-152854) (ca. 1920-1994); 3. Sam Fogg cat. 17(1996):42.
Commentary: The Rigveda-Samhita is the only surviving recension of the oldest ritual hymns of India. It consists of 1028 hymns, largely organised by subject/matter. It is an anthology collected from the larger number of hymns in use in the many priestly families of ancient India. The language in which hymns were composed is the form of Aryan which was spoken around 1000 BC. Modern scholars think that the corpus of texts was organised in its present textual and linguistic form around 600 BC, but was further orally transmitted from master to pupil until ca. 300-200 BC, when it was finally committed to writing. The archaic linguistic forms are the most valuable source for the investigation of the oldest stages of the Indo-European languages, as Homeric Greek and Hittite.
The text preserves a stage of Indian religion quite different from modern Hinduism, the rituals being centred on animal sacrifice and the consumption of Soma, an intoxicating drink, and the pantheon being that of Indo-European steppe-dwellers.
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.20/#2097
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.20/index.html
Extinct and living religions
Click on the pictures to view them in full screen format
The Schøyen Collection has extensive materials in Judaism and Christianity (Collections 1., 5., 6 and 12.), and Buddhism (Collection 22). Other religions are also represented. 21 examples are listed here. The first 7 are representing extinct religions of the ancients.
Extinct religions
23.1. Sumerian religion
* MS 3029 Sumer, 26th c. BC
* MS 2272 Sumer, 2400-2200 BC
* MS 3281 Babylonia, 1900-1700 BC
23.2. Babylonian religion
* MS 2401 Babylonia, 2000-1800 BC
* See also MS 2367/1, Babylonia, 20th - 17th BC
23.3. Assyrian religion
* See MS 2180, Assyria, ca. 646 BC
23.4. Egyptian religion
* See also MS 1638, Egypt, 15th c. BC
* See also MS 125, Egypt, 1292-1185 BC
* MS 126 Egypt, 1197-1085 BC
23.5. Greek religion and mythology
* MS 2628 Egypt, 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD
* See MS 593, Crete, 2nd half 15th c.
23.6. Maya religion
* MS 1280 Honduras, ca. 600-850
23.7. Veda
* MS 2097 India, early 19th c.