MS. S. Digby Or. 174 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
1 copy of al-Ṣurāḥ min al-Ṣiḥāḥ by Jamāl Qarshī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 13th cent.
Title: al-Ṣurāḥ min al-Ṣiḥāḥ
Title: الصراح من الصحاح
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال الفقير الى مولاه الغني به عمن سواه الواثق بالمتعالي عن الولد والوالد
Colophon:
Appears to be a complete copy in comparison with the author's autograph dated 700 AH (MS. Bodl. Or. 642).
Language(s): Persian, Arabic
References
For other copies, see Bodleian Ethé 1645-1649
GAL I 128
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 355
Dimensions (leaf): 27.6 × 17.2 cm.
Dimensions (written): 19.8 × 10.9 in.
Layout
Hand(s)
Naskh
Binding
Bound in blue leather over boards. Tooled design of mandorla and rays in centre with lined borders and petals
Seal of Muḥammad ibn al-Sharīf ʻAlī al-Baghdādī, dated 936 AH
History
Origin: not dated, probably 15th century CE/9th century AH
Provenance and Acquisition
Seal (dated 936/1529-30) of Muḥammad ibn al-Sharīf ʻAlī al-Baghdādī.
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
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