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11.2 Weber, Verz.(1853-1891)
Verzeichnis der Sanskrit- und Prakrit-Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin von Albrecht Weber. Vol.II,Part 2. 1888.
In this monumental catalogue of Indic Mss. in the collection of the State Library of Germany at Berlin (cf. K.L. Janert, ABCIM.I [see 1.15.2],p.30f.#20), Weber cites, under Ser.No.1876, profusely from the single Ms. of the MNA, Ms.or.fol.764. It was on the basis of this Ms. only, which is not of much value3, that Weber dealt with the MNA in his HTJ (= SLJ). A second Ms., acquired by the State Library in 1892, was then utilized and later described by W. Schubring (see 2.1.2 and 1.3).
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Schubring, Jn-Hss. 1944
Die Jaina-Handschriften der Preussischen Staatsbibliothek Neuerwerbungen seit 1891 unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Günther Weibgen beschrieben von Walther Schubring. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz. 1944. XIII,647 pp. This is, besides the Verz. of Weber (cf. 11.2), the most important catalogue of Jaina Mss. located in the State Library of Germany in Berlin. It describes, mostly with citations from the Mss., a total of 770 codices containing 1125 "texts". The Cat. begins with an Introduction and ends with five Appendices. Also see Janert, ABCIM,p.31,#24. Under Ser. No.92 (p.40), it deals briefly with Ms.or.fol. 1887, which was used by Schubring in MNSt.A. In MNSt.B and C it was used but rarely as it is defective.
The following four items (1.4-7) are the main contributions as yet on the MNA. 11.4 Schubring, MNSt.A. 1918
Das Mahanistha-sutta. Berlin: Verlag... Reimer. (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Jahrgang 1918, Phil.hist.Klasse, No.5.) 1918. 102 pp. 1 plate.
In this monograph Schubring deals exhaustively with the MNA on the basis of two Mss. in Berlin and three from Poona. The Mss., however, did not then suffice for preparing
3 See e.g. Weber, SLJ,p.181-2 ("The single copy which I have by me, and that a very incorrect one"); p.183,1.12 ("In this faulty condition of the Ms."); and also Schubring in MNSt.A,p.3 ("Die beiden in Berlin befindlichen Hss. ... sind freilich, ... kaum zu benutzen; um so mehr ist der Scharfblick Webers zu bewundern, mit dem er das für seine Zwecke Wichtige gesehen hat.").
