MS. A. Walker 78 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Oriental Manuscripts A. Walker Collection

A large collection of Persian poetry, gathered from the dīwāns and mathnawīs of the most celebrated poets.

Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 1207

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 399

Layout

2 columns of 16 lines per page throughout.

Hand(s)

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

Decoration

Binding

History

Origin: Undated.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker, d. 1831.

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Sir William Walker in 1845.

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

JISC

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