Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Wadh.Minasian 750 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: This is a famous, comment-text commentary on al-Taṣrīf al-ʿīzzá of al-Zanjānī (655 AH) on Arabic Morphology (declension). Many commentaries have been written on this book, which are listed in Kashf al-Ẓunūn (2/1139). Taftāzānī completed this commentary in 738 AH, at the age of 19, in his hometown, Faryūmad.
Language(s): Arabic

Arabic language--Grammar

Incipit: بسمله، ان اروی زهر یخرج فی ریاض الکلام من الاکمام و ابهی حبر تحاک ببنان البیان و اسنان الاقلام…
Explicit: … انطلاقة واحدة للمرة و حسنة او قبیحة او غیرها للنوع و کذلک البواقی، والله اعلم والمنزه والحمد لله رب العالمین.
Colophon: تمت هذا الکتاب… فی یوم یکشنبه بیست و هشتم ماه شعبان بید… احمد ابن معصومعلی سنه احدی عشر ماتا الف ۱۲۱۱.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 522

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • MAJ 17/359
  • MNL 1/136
  • NLI 7/86

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • DEN 6/538

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, pistachio, varying thickness (regular, thick, thin), one size, glossy.
Extent: 105 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 11 × 6 cm.

Layout

12 lines per page

Hand(s)

Naskh, Nastaʿalīq, three hands, regular احمد ابن معصومعلی Aḥmad ibn Maʿṣūmʿalī

Decoration

Rubricated titles; rubricated line above some expressions.

Additions: Commentary on the text, ownership note, ownership transfer note, birth note, miscellaneous note. Rectangular stamp: یا مهدی . Rectangular stamp: سلام علی ابراهیم . Oval stamp: عبده الراجی احمد علی . Oval stamp: ادرکنی یا محمد . Oval stamp removed on folio 1.

Binding

Light brown leather, 21 × 13 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard

Simple tooling; medallion; tooled, ruled edges

Condition

Damage to the cover's decoration

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1211 AH; 1796 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

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

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

Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions: 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; 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; 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)

Key to Abbreviations

  • DEN: (فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران - دنا)
  • FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
  • MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
  • MNL: (Mar'ashi Najafi Library)
  • NLI: (National Library of Iran)

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