MS. Pers. c. 4 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Title: Shāhnāmah-ʼi Firdawsī
Title: شاهنامۀ فردوسی
Language(s): Persian
References
Robinson, pp. 74-76.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 539
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Splendid Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: ʻAbd Allāh ibn Shaʻbān ibn Ḥaydar al-Ashtarjānī.
Binding
History
Origin: ; 4th Shaʻbān 852 AH; 3rd October 1448 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953
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