MS. S. Digby Or. 222 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: An illustrated copy of Ḥusayn Gwāliyārī's Baḥr al-ḥayāt, being a Persian translation of the Amritkund, a manual of Yoga.
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.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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