MS. Ouseley 291 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Collection
Contents
A composite manuscript containing works on medicine, Islamic rituals, lexicography, and poetry.
Fols. 1-3
Title: Mukhtaṣar
Title: مختصر
A small collection of medical prescriptions.
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 120-140
Title: Farhang-i rivāyat-i dīnī
Title: فرهنگ روایت دینی
A glossary of Pārsī words.
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 411
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953
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Funding of Cataloguing
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