CARTELLIERI, Wilhelm. Eger (in Bohemia, now Cheb) 23.6.1860 — Innsbruck 29.5.1908. Austrian Indologist. Professor in Innsbruck. Son of Paul Cartellieri (1807–1881, a noted physician and son of the Italian composer in Germany and Bohemia Antonio Casimir Cartellieri), and Wilhelmine Padine Henriette Mathilde Kraft (1823–1894). Gymnasium in Eger and Leitmeritz (Litomerice). From 1878 studies of Sanskrit at Vienna (soon under Bühler), for a while also at Leipzig. Ph.D. 1884 Vienna. In 1889-91 manuscript studies in England. Habilitation in 1899 at Innsbruck, ao. Professor there from 1902.
Cartellieri was a scholar of Kāvya, who – as a student of Bühler – was also interested in epigraphy. Published not much.
Publications: Diss. Griechisch α, ε, Indoiranisch i. Manuscript, Vienna 1884.
– “Subandhu and Bâṇa”, WZKM 1, 1887, 115-132; “Das Mahâbhârata bei Subandhu und Bâṇa”, WZKM 13, 1899, 57-74.
– “An Abu Inscription of the reign of Bhīmadeva II dated Samvat 1265”, IA 11, 1882, 220-223; “Semra Plates of Paramardidêva; (Vikrama-)saṁvat 1223”, EI 4, 1896-97, 153-174.
– The 17 plates of Indian alphabets and scripts in Bühler’s Indische Paäographie. Grundriss 1:11. Strassburg 1896.
Sources: WZKM 22, 1908, 343; Stache-Rosen 1990, 140; Fr. Stolz in ulb-digital.aibk.ac.at; German Wikipedia. Photo in Haupt, Intern. Taschenb. der Orientalisten 2, 1910, again in Rau 75.
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