RAS Persian 210 (4). (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

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1 copy of Treatise on the rules governing Persian and Indian musical modes by Anon.

Author: Anon.

Title: Treatise on the rules governing Persian and Indian musical modes.

Occupies ff. 72-77 of the manuscript. For further details see Codrington/Reade No 210 (1). Gaps in the text show that it derives from a defective manuscript; it is possible that this section consists of fragments of more than one work. Scribe is evidently Dinanath.

Incipit: Incipit, after heading: Bar damir-i aftab nazir-i mazamir-ta'thir

Language(s): Persian.

References

None found.

Physical Description

Form: codex

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Hand(s)

Dinanath

History

Origin: A.H. 1137 (1722-3), evidently.

Provenance and Acquisition

Provenance: Sir George Staunton.

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