Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Selden superius 32 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Selden superius Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A composite manuscript containing a famous treatise on riddles, a fragment of an anthology of Persian poetry, and two accounts from the time of the Prophet Muḥammad.
ff. 49-170
Language(s): Persian

References

ff. 170-184
Language(s): Persian

References

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 184

Hand(s)

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

Decoration

Binding

History

Origin: 27th Ramaḍān 911 AH; 21st February 1506 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of John Selden.

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

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

JISC


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