Or 7345 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Volume containing several works

f 2v-8v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Bāb dar bayān-i qiyāfah va ṣūrat-i ẓāhir-i insān va shakl va shamāʻil-ʼi aʻz̤ā va javāriḥ
Title: باب بیان قیافه و صورت ظاهر انسان و شکل و شمائل اعضاء و جوارح

A chapter on the science of phsysiognomy (qiyāfat), from an unidentified work

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 35.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 88 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15 × 11 cm.

History

Origin: 959 or 962 AH ; Eğri (Eger, Hungary)

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998 and G.M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. Oxford, 1968

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