MS. S. Digby Or. 43 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i-Ummīd
Title: Dīvān-i-Ummīd
Title: ديوان اميد
Ghazalīyāt, Fardīyāt, Mukhammas, and Rubāʻīyāt.
Incipit: سراسر همه چو مهر و ماه گردیدم دنیا را ندارد منزلاسایشی دیدیم دنیارا
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff.40
Dimensions (leaf): 22.6 × 14 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq small shikasta on field of page and around margins; brownish Indian paper
Binding
Half leather.
History
Origin: c. 1713-1720 (within lifetime of author). CE
Provenance and Acquisition
A. H. Harley; seal of (Navvāb)Muḥtaram Jang 1246/1830
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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Digital Images
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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