MS. S. Digby Or. 222 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: An illustrated copy of Ḥusayn Gwāliyārī's Baḥr al-ḥayāt, being a Persian translation of the Amritkund, a manual of Yoga.
Author: Ḥusayn Gwāliyārī ibn Muḥammad Sādātī Ḥusaynī حسین گوالیاری بن محمد ساداتی حسینی
Title: Baḥr al-ḥayāt
Title: بحر الحیاة
Incipit: ||این کتاب میان اهل اسلام آن بود که چون سلطان علاء الدين...

Contains 21 miniatures depicting yogic postures.

Language(s): Persian

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 60
Dimensions (leaf): × cm.

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History

Origin: Undated.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.

Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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