MS. S. Digby Or. 193 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
Volume 2 of a copy of Mirʼāt al-ʻālam.
Title: Mirʼāt al-ʻālam
Title: مرآت العالم
Incipit: آرايش پنجم در ذکر شلاطین دهلی
Text breaks off towards end of Book VII.
For Volume 1, see MS. S. Digby Or. 192.
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Dimensions (leaf): 23.0 × 16.0 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 8 cm.
Layout
9
1 column of 17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Shikastah.
Binding
Quarter-bound in maroon leather and black cloth. Gold bands on spine with words 'MIR'ĀTU'L-'ĀLAM VOL. II' blocked in gold.
History
Origin:
Undated.
Provenance and Acquisition
A. H. Harley, Calcutta, 1930.
Ex libris A. H. Harley.
The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.
Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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