Wadh.Minasian 462 (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: … انطلاقة واحدة للمرة و حسنة او قبیحة او غیرها للنوع و کذلک البواقی، والله اعلم والمنزه و الحمد لله رب العالمین. ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 529
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), one size, glossy; rubricated titles, segments from al-Taṣrīf in cinnabar.
Extent: 72 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16 × 6.5 cm.
Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, two hands, relatively large; the first folio is an adjunct and rewritten.
Additions: Rectangular stamp. Two oval stamps. Explanatory comments in marginalia; miscellaneous notes.
Binding
Sharp brown leather, 24 × 13 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard
Simple tooling; medallion, half medallion
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 11th century AH; 18th centuray CE
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