The
many documents
conserved at the "Vincenzo Joppi"
Civic Library in Udine (the Fondo Tessitori collection) and at the
residence of Tessitori's nephew at Reana del Rojale (the Archivio
Peano) bear eloquent witness to the activities of the Italian Indological
scholar. The Fondo Tessitori was donated by the Tessitori family in
1923 to the Civic Library and is a heritage of immense interest to
all branches of Indological studies. The collection comprises 225
manuscripts, in Sanskrit, Prakrits, Apabhramça and Old Marwari,
acquired by Luigi Pio Tessitori at Jaipur in 1915. Of these documents,
MS 4510 deserves a special mention. Written in Sanskrit and illuminated
with miniatures in the Rajput style, the manuscript recounts an episode
from the Mârkandeya Purâna. At the residence of
Tessitori's nephew, the unpublished documents
of the eminent Indologist from Udine are conserved in the Archivio
Peano, which comprises seven sections.