Wadh.Minasian 453 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This is a famous, comment-text commentary on al-Taṣrīf al-ʿīzzá of al-Zanjānī (655 AH) on Arabic Morphology (declension). Many commentaries have been written on this book, which are listed in Kashf al-Ẓunūn (2/1139). Taftāzānī completed this commentary in 738 AH, at the age of 19, in his hometown, Faryūmad.

Language(s): Arabic

Arabic language--Grammar

Title: Sharḥ-i al-Taṣrīf al-ʿIzzá

Title: شرح التصریف العزی

Title: Sharḥ-i Taṣrīf

Title: شرح تصریف

Author: ‎Taftāzānī, Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar, 1322-1389?‏ تفتازانی، مسعود ابن عمر، ۱۳۲۲-۱۳۸۹؟ Taftāzānī, Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar, 722-792 AH, 1322-1390 تفتازانی، مسعود بن عمر، ۷۲۲-۷۹۲ق/ ۱۳۲۲-۱۳۹۰ Saʿd al-Dīn سعد الدین

Incipit: بسمله، حمدله،… اعلم ان التصریف و هو تفعیل من الصرف…

Explicit: … انطلاقة واحدة للمرة و حسنة او قبیحة او غیرها للنوع و کذلک البواقی، والله اعلم والمنزه والحمد لله رب العالمین.

Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملک الوهاب سنة ۱۰۸۸

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 521

Similar copies in other libraries:

NLI, 7/86
MNL, 1/136
MAJ, 17/359

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

DEN, 6/538

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Oriental paper, Western paper (plain), natural buff, regular thickness, one size. ⟨Water damage to folios.⟩

Extent: 70 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 13 × 7.5 cm.

Layout

14 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Cursive Naskh and Nastaʿalīq, two hands, regular hand. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Additions: Explanatory marginalia. Miscellaneous notes. Oval stamp: هادی بن محمد مهدی سنه ۱۰۶۸ . Oval stamp: یا امام محمد صادق ۱۰۸۶ . Oval stamp: عبده الراجی اسدالله .

Binding

Light brown leather, 15 × 20 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.

Simple tooling, medallion, half medallion, decorated tooled edges.

Condition

Water damage; endpaper detached.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1088 AH; 1676 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions:

Libraries:

AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran;

Catalogues:

ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.

Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

Subjects

Arabic language--Grammar

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