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.
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
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
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
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)
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