Wadh.Minasian 252 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
A collection of 4 books on medicine, gemology and agriculture.
Medicine
This is a short treatise on medical science whose title and author remains unknown due to defective incipit and explicit. The treatise includes an introduction and six articles.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 127
Gemology
This is a work on describing and understanding gemstones and colours. The author and the time of its creation remain unknown. It has 42 parts and 140 chapters. No other copy of this work was found in other catalogues. Unfortunately, many folios are missing from the copy and the major part of it is destroyed.
No other copy can be found in any existing catalogue. It seems that the copy is unique.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 262
Agriculture
This is a work on agricultural techniques written by an unknown author in twelve chapters and a conclusion, as listed below:
Chapter one: در مقدمات و آن سه است: مقدمه اول: در معرفت هوا و باران؛ مقدمه دوم: در احکام طلوع شعرای یمانی؛ مقدمه سوم: در بعضی از امور فلاحت ; chapter two: در معرفت زراعت حبوب ; chapter three: در معرفت دفع اموری که مضر است ; chapter four: در احکام جمع کردن غلات ; chapter five: در معرفت درخت نشاندن ; chapter six: در معرفت نشاندن تاک ; chapter seven: در معرفت نشاندن غرس سایر اشجار ; chapter eight: در معرفت پیوند کردن اشجار ; chapter nine: در معرفت میوه چیدن و نگاهداشتن ; chapter ten: در معرفت بقول ; chapter eleven: در معرفت دفع کردن حیوانات موذیه ; chapter twelve: در منافع بعض بقول ; and the conclusion: در معرفت کبوتر نگاهداشتن .
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 766
Similar copies in other libraries:
- MAJ, 10/87
- NLI, 4/47
On the Web:
Medicine
This is a Persian translation of the Arabic treatise "la-Ṭibb al-Kīmīyāyī" of Paracelsus on the application of chemistry in medicine, including an introduction and four articles as listed below: an introduction on شرح اهم و ذکر موضوع و مقصود از صناعت کیمیا ; article one on جزء نظری که اسیاغر [استاغریا] که طب کیمیایی است در بیان امور طبیعه in ten chapters; article two on بیان طب کیمیا و اساس آن in eight chapters; article three on بیان کیفیت تدبیر ادویه در تحلیل و تنقیه و غیر آن بطریق اهل صناعت in two introductions and twleve chapters; and article four on ذکر اعمال جزئی in nine chapters. Several translators have worked on this treatise, and the translator of the current work is unknown.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 639
Similar copies in other libraries:
- MNL, 3/394
- MAL, 6/386
- NLI, 5/208
Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:
- DEN, 7/295
- FAM, 1/589
- COM, 1/790
On the Web:
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
15 lines per page.
ff. 1b-22b
15 lines per page.
ff. 24b-32b
13 lines per page.
ff. 33b-86b
15 lines per page.
ff. 87b-115aHand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿaliq, one hand, regular. Cursive Nastaʿaliq, one hand, regular. Calligraphic Nastaʿalīq and Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, two hands, regular. Shikastah-looking Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular. Anonymous
Binding
Dark green leather, 15.5 × 21.5 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.
Condition
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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