Wadh.Minasian 348 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
A collection of 3 books on different topics.
Islamic Jurisprudence
A very short treatise on Fostering Rules in Arabic whose author is unknown.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 678
Mathematics
This treatise contains a course of the ancient science of mathematics, organized in an introduction and ten chapters as follows:
Introduction: در تعریف علم حساب
Chapter 1: حساب صحاح از جمع و تفریق و ضرب و تقسیم
Chapter 2: در حساب کسور
Chapter 3: در استخراج مجهولات باربعه متناسبه
Chapter 4: در استخراج مجهولات بحساب خطئین
Chapter 5: در استخراج مجهول بعمل عکس
Chapter 6: در مساحت
Chapter 7: در آنچه از توابع مساحات است
Chapter 8: در استخراج مجهولات بطریق جبر و مقابله
Chapter 9: در قواعدی که برای محاسب لازم است
Chapter 10: در مسايل متفرقه.
Additionally, each chapter has several parts. In this book, Bahāʾī has discussed experimental problems as well as complex and unsolvable mathematical problems. Many commentary works have been written on this work.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 354
Similar copies in other libraries:
- NLI, 11/9
- MAL, 6/237
- SEP, 4/381
- UTL, 4/883
- GIE, 1/98-99
Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:
- COM, 1/195-201
- ALZ, 7/224
- ARP, 334
- DEN, 4/933-934
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1318 AH/1900
On the Web:
Eloquence
The first and final folios are missing, and so the title and author are unknown.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 108
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Water damage and infestation of some papers.
Layout
21 lines per page.
ff. 1a-3b
14 lines per page.
ff. 4b-16a
23 lines per page.
ff. 16b-21aHand(s)
Naskh, one hand, regular. Cursive nastʿalīq, several hands, regular. Calligraphic Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular. Scirbe's name wiped out.
- Notes on the text.
Binding
Green leather, 13 × 25 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.
Ruled and tooled border.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
Record Sources
Availability
Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript
Libraries:
AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; LAH: Library of Ayatollah Ha'iri (Library of Faydiyya Seminary); MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTA: Library of Literature Faculty, University of Tehran; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran.
Catalogues:
ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.
Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
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