MS. Whinfield 44 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Whinfield Collection
Contents
A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān with the same author's Būstān in the margins.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 138
Dimensions (leaf): 22.2 × 12.7 cm.
Layout
Centre column 15 lines per page throughout. Margins 32 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq.
Decoration
Binding
History
Origin: ; Undated but probably 12th century. AH; Undated but probably 18th century. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.
The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to 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
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