MS. Hertford 38 (Hertford College Library, Hertford College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
A collection of news reports from the prefecture of the town of Lucknow, A.H. 1212/1797-98.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 52
Dimensions (leaf): 244 × 146 mm.
Layout
One column; 11 lines per page. 185 × 90 mm.
Hand(s)
Script: Large Nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
No decoration.
Binding
19th-century Library binding of tan leather over boards. Spine has 7 bands.
History
Origin: Lucknow; 1212 AH; 1797-98 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
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
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Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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