Pali MS in Ireland (Chester Beatty Library)

I reproduce the following reply (re: Pali MS) from "the CBL" --including
their error as to my gender in the first line.
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Dear Ms. Mazard,


Thank you for your query regarding Pali material in our collection.


We have approximately 50 Pali/bilingual manuscripts in our Burmese
collection including quite a number of kammavaca and several grammars. There
are also approximately 10 Thai works in Pali and several other miscellaneous
works form Ceylon and the Indian subcontinent.  Several of the Burmese
kammavaca have been photographed as well one of the Thai manuscripts.


Professor Shorto did in fact complete a draft catalogue of the Burmese
collection in 1955 but it was never published.  Several years ago, Patricia
Herbert (from the British Library) assessed Shorto’s draft to determine what
additional work needed to be carried out before its publication.  Henry
Ginsburg (from the British Library) has also made a brief hand list of the
Thai collection which we hope to publish at a later date.  If you would like
to see copies of these lists, could you please make a formal application to
the director of the library, Dr. Michael Ryan (mryan@...)


I hope I have answered at least some of your questions, but if I can be of
further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Sincerely yours,

Laura Muldowney

East Asian collections

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