Wadh.Minasian 348 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

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Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Collection 41

A collection of three works on different topics.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 21 ff.

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.

1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 678

Contents

Summary of Contents: A very short treatise on Fostering Rules in Arabic whose author is unknown.
ff. 1a-3b
Language(s): Arabic

Islamic Jurisprudence

Author: Unknown author.
Title: [Fiqh]
Title: فقه
Incipit: اذا اوضعت امراة الرجل من لبنه ولد اختها حرمت علی زوجها لان المرتضع تصیر ولداله من الرضاعة فتکون امه فی النسب بمنزلة…
Explicit: … البت علی زوجها لان الزوج ابا المرتضع و زوجته من اولاد صاحب اللبن ابتدات بتاییده و اختمت بتوفیقه والسلم علی نبیه…

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 678

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, buff, varying thickness (thin, regular, and thick).
Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 20.5 × 10.5 cm.

Collation

ff. 1a-3b

Condition

Water damage and infestation of some papers.

Layout

21 lines per page

ff. 1a-3b

Hand(s)

Naskh, one hand, regular.

Additions:
  • Notes on the text.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE

2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 354

Contents

Summary of Contents: 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.
ff. 4b-16a
Language(s): Arabic

Mathematics

Title: Khulāṣat al-Ḥisāb
Title: خلاصة الحساب
Author: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621‏ عاملی، بهاءالدین محمد ابن حسین، ۹۵۳-۱۰۳۰ Bahāʾī, Shaykh Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad Ḥāris̱ī ʿĀmilī, 1546-1622 بهایی، شیخ بهاءالدین محمد بن حسین بن عبدالصمد حارثی عاملی، ۹۵۳-۱۰۳۱
Incipit: بسمله، نحمدک یا من لا یحیط بجمیع نعمه عدد… و بعد فان الفقیر الی الله الغنی بهاءالدین محمد بن حسین العاملی… یقول اعلم ان الحساب لا تخفی علو شانه…
Explicit: … مسئله قیل لشخص کم مضی من اللیل فقال ثلث ما مضی…||

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 354

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • GIE 1/98-99
  • MAL 6/237
  • NLI 11/9
  • SEP 4/381
  • UTL 4/883

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • ALZ 7/224
  • ARP 334
  • COM 1/195-201
  • DEN 4/933-934

Printed editions:

  • Tehran, 1318 AH/1900

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (regular and thick), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 21 × 10 cm.

Collation

ff. 4b-16a

Condition

Water damage and infestation of some papers.

Layout

14 lines per page

ff. 4b-16a

Hand(s)

Cursive Nastʿalīq, several hands, regular.

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 11-12th century AH; 17-18th century CE

3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 108

Contents

Summary of Contents: The first and final folios are missing, and so the title and author are unknown.
ff. 16b-21a
Language(s): Persian

Eloquence

Title: Balāghat
Title: بلاغت
Author: Unknown author.
Incipit: || … شاید که این تصرف در مرکبی باشد که آن متضمن حصول اسم باشد، چونانکه…
Explicit: … بیاراست اول از آن نامه به / که باشد برو نیز ختم کلام.
Colophon: تمام شد این رساله در شب چهارشنبه سوم… محرم الحرام هزار و نود و یک هجری از مالک جانی روسیاه برخوردار المحرر…

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 108

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular, and thick), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 10.5 cm.

Collation

ff. 16b-21a

Condition

Water damage and infestation of some papers.

Layout

23 lines per page

ff. 16b-21a

Hand(s)

Calligraphic Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular. Scirbe's name wiped out.

Decoration

Rubricated titles and signs.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1091 AH; 1681 CE

Additional Information

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

Key to Abbreviations

  • ALZ: (الذریعه)
  • ARP: (فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی)
  • COM: (فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی)
  • DEN: (فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران - دنا)
  • FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
  • GIE: (Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts)
  • MAL: (Malek National Museum and Library)
  • NLI: (National Library of Iran)
  • SEP: (Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran)
  • UTL: (Central Library of University of Tehran)

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