Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 13913 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

Summary of Contents: 2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Judeo-Persian literature and Judeo-Persian poetry
1. ff 1r-61v

The metrical version of the 17th century didactic poem on the Ben ha-malekh ve-ha-nazir by Ibn Ḥasdai, Abraham ben Samuel, ha-Levi, 13th cent., a 13th century Hebrew version of the story of Barlaam and Josephat

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 63.
2. ff 62r-62v
Author: Unknown

Defective

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 63.

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 63.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 62 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 17 cm.

History

Origin: Late 18th or aerly 19th century CE ; Central Asia (?)

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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