Persian MS 964 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

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An unidentified Persian text.

Author: Anonymous
Title: Unidentified Persian Text
Colophon:
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Layout

Written in 2 columns with 20 lines per page. Ruled with a misṭarah hand guide.

Hand(s)

Written in clear black nasta‘līq with red subheaders.

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired by the John Rylands Library from an unidentified source.

Record Sources

Manuscript description by Jake Benson in 2023, with reference to the volume, an unpublished handlist, accession registers, and a Persian description of the volume published by Tawfiq Subhani in 1993.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Tawfīq Subḥānī, 'Kitāb'hā-yi khaṭṭī-i Fārsī fihrist nashudah dar Kitābkhānah Jān Rāylāndz, Manchistir' Majallah-'i Dānishkadah-i Adabiyāt va ‘Ulūm-i Insānī n.s., Vol. 1, Nos. 2-3 (1372 SH [1993 CE]): p. 177, no. 23.

Funding of Cataloguing

The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

The Soudavar Memorial Foundation

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