MS. Whinfield 73 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Whinfield Collection

1 copy of A volume of tales in prose and verse

Title: A volume of tales in prose and verse

Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2536

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 36 ff.

Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

History

Origin: 27th Ṣafar 1244 AH; 8th September 1828 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World