MS. Hertford 32 (Hertford College Library, Hertford College, University of Oxford)

Display:

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

A copy of the Dīvān of Nāṣiḥ.

Author: Nāṣiḥ ناصح
Title: Dīvān-i Nāṣiḥ
Title: ديوان ناصح
Language(s): Persian
Incipit: هزار شكر كه بعد از طواف بيت الله // بنور روضۀ پیغمبرم فتاد نگاه

References

Ethé 2363

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 115
Dimensions (leaf): 229 × 130 mm.

Layout

Two columns. 12 lines per page. 135 × 70 mm.

Hand(s)

Script: Small Nastaʿlīq.

Decoration

No decoration.

Binding

19th-century Library binding of tan leather over boards. Spine has 7 bands.

History

Origin: Undated.

Provenance and Acquisition

Seal of Ṣadr-i Jahān, A.H. 1167 = 1753-54.

Stamp of Claud Martin, d. 1800.

Ex libris Colleg. Hertf. apud Oxon.

The Hertford College Manuscripts are on long-term deposit with the Bodleian Library.

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

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Subjects

TO TOP