MS. S. Digby Or. 174 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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1 copy of al-Ṣurāḥ min al-Ṣiḥāḥ by Jamāl Qarshī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 13th cent.

Author: Jamāl Qarshī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 13th cent. أبو الفضل محمد بن عمر بن خالد المدعو بجمال القرشي

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(s):

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.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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