Or 6572 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A collection of tracts, chiefly on philosophical and scientific subjects
Contents
Summary of Contents: 18 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Logic, Soul, Horoscopes, Aphorisms and apothegms, Sufism, Islamic astronomy, Geomancy, Arabic language, Letter writing, Dyes and dyeing, Islamic philosophy, Persian literature, Allegory, and Talismans
1. 10v-15v ff
Title: کتاب المختخصر فی المنطق
On logic
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
2. 26r-29r ff
Title: Risālah fī Ma‘rifat al-Nafs
Title: رساله فی معرفة النفس
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
3. 29v-33v ff
Title: Risālah fī al-Nafs
Title: رساله فی النفس
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
4. 33v-37r ff
Title: Another tract, of a similar character to Risālah fī al-Nafs, of which the title has been obliterated
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
5. 37r-37v ff
Title: رساله در دانستان مولود
On horoscopes
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
6. 48v-49v ff
Title: Faṣl fī Riyāz̤īyāt al-Nafs
Title: فصل فی ریاضیات النفس
A mystical work
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
7. 51r-51v ff
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
8. 64r-88v ff
Title: Kitāb Zubdat al-Hay’ah
Title: کتاب زبدة الهیئة
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
9. 88v-90v ff
Title: Madkhal fī al-Raml
Title: مدخل فی الرمل
A treatise on geomancy
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
10. In the margins of 12v-15v ff
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
11. 16r-19v ff
As well as other letters
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
12. 188v-192v ff
Title: Risālat al-Aṣbāgh
Title: رسالة الاصباغ
A scientific tract
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
13. 30r-35v ff
Title: Risālat Rāḥat al-Insān
Title: رسالة راحة الانسان
A philosophical work
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
14. 36r-37v ff
An allegorical work
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
15. 42v-43r ff
Title: Risālat Kanz al-Mu‘aẓẓamīn
Title: رسالة کنز المؤعظّمین
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
16. 52r-63v ff
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
17. 73v-90v ff
Title: A work on horoscopes
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
18. 73v-90v ff
Title: Ikhtiyār al-‘Alā’īyah
Title: اختیار العلائیة
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.91-92.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 90 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 24.9 × 18 cm.
Condition
The manuscript has been considerably damaged by worms and has lost the margins of several folios
History
Origin: 15th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
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