MS. Ouseley Add. 175 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Add. Collection
Contents
3 works by 3 authors on the subject of Persian poetry
1. ff. 1-6, and 12b-236, two centre columns
Title: Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ
Title: دیوان حافظ
Incipit: حمد بی حد و ثنای بیعد و سپاس بی قیاس
Language(s): Persian
References
2. ff. 3b-124b, margin column, 7a-12a, 2 centre columns
Title: Dīvān-i Maghribī
Title: دیوان مغربی
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي أنشأ عروض الكون
Language(s): Persian
References
3. ff. 124b-317b, margin column
Title: Dīvān-i Qāsim-i Anvār
Title: دیوان قاسم انوار
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 319 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 12⅛ × 7⅞ in.
Layout
Hand(s)
Excellent Nastaʻlīq. Copied by Mīr ʻAlī al-Kātib Sulṭānī
History
Origin: 927 AH; 1521 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley, d. 1844
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
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