Wadh.Minasian 444 (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
Title: Sharḥ-i al-Taṣrīf al-ʿIzzá
Title: شرح التصریف العزی
Title: Sharḥ-i Taṣrīf
Title: شرح تصریف
Incipit: بسمله، ان اروی زهر یخرج فی ریاض الکلام من الاکمام و ابهی حبر تحاک ببنان البیان و اسنان الاقلام…
Explicit: … هذا المضمون الذی هو الاول المتحرک منه مضموم فی الظم… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 528
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: Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (regular, thin), glossy; rubricated titles.
Extent: 88 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 10 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12 × 5 cm.
Condition
Edges rebound.
Layout
14 lines per page
Hand(s)
Nastaʿalīq, Naskh, several hands, regular
Additions: Rectangular stamp: لا اله الا الله . Illegible, circular and oval stamps Explanatory comments in marginalia; miscellaneous notes
Binding
Brown leather, 19 × 11 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only
Condition
Cover detached from the copy; head band and stitching in disarray
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 11th century AH; 18th centuray CE
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