Librarians and readers occasionally leave notes with the manuscript, sometimes to identify the text. These notes may, eventually, become incorporated into the manuscript by being bound in or pasted onto a flyleaf.
BnF Sanscrit 1867. Kumārasambhava, first chapter
Anonymous fragment identified by Ashok Aklujkar, who left a note, written on the back of a laissez-passer, with the manuscript.
See “Passing notes in the library.”
BnF Sanscrit 1119. Mānasollāsa
Title written on the back of a bulletin personnel, bound in to the book as a title page.
BnF Sanscrit 1117. Fragment of the Gītābhāṣya
Fragment identified in a note, pasted on to the first flyleaf, with three successive hands. Writing in the left margin is the hand of Léon Feer.
See “Passing notes in the library.”
BnF Sanscrit 756. Smaradīpikā
Bengali. Small note inserted in manuscript, in Latin script. Verso contains some Devanāgarī letter practice. May have been misplaced or used as a bookmark.







