Wadh.Minasian 548 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Collection 78

A collection of two works

Physical Description

Extent: 45 ff.

Binding

Lacquer painted, 16 × 22 cm, front + back cover

Medallion, two half-medallions, and corner-pieces; inside painted in red.

Condition

Front and back cover separated from each other; spine destroyed.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 530

Summary of Contents: Glosses to Taftāzānī's commentary on al-Taṣrīf al-ʿīzzá of al-Zanjānī (655 AH) on Arabic Morphology (declension).

ff. 1a-44a

Language(s): Arabic

Arabic language--Grammar

Title: [Ḥāshīyah bar sharḥ-i al-ʿIzzá fī al-Taṣrīf]

Title: [حاشيه بر شرح «العزی فی التصریف»]

Author: ‎Ghazzī, Muḥammad ibn Qāsim, 1454 or 1455-1512 or 1513 غزي، محمد بن قاسم

Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، لما کان من الواجب ای بعض الواجب قوله علی کل طالب لشیی من ان یکون مدونا او غیر مدوه…

Explicit: … الهییه التی علیها المعتذی وقت الاغذار قوله الثلاثی المجرد الذی لا تاء فیه.

Colophon: تمت الاوراق… فی شهر مبارک نیسان فی یوم السبت فی وقت العصر علی ید… احمد ابن عمادالدین فی بلده خوشاب.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 530

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

SEP 2/312, 344

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

KAS 2/116

Additional information

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff and blue, one size, glossy.

Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 9 cm.

Collation

ff. 1a-44a

Layout

21 lines per page

Hand(s)

Cursive naskh, one hand, regular. Aḥmad ibn ʿImād al-Dīn احمد بن عمادالدین

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Additions:

History

Origin: Baladat Khushāb; 13th century AH; 19th century CE

2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 191

A very brief text on morphology (declension) of Arabic verbs.

ff. 44b-45a

Arabic language--Morphology

Language(s): Arabic

Title: [Taṣrīf]

Title: [تصریف]

Author: Anonymous

Incipit: اعلم انّ اصل انّ التصریف التّصریف و اصله اَتْتَصْریفُ و اصله تصریفاً و مجرده…

Explicit: فانه عنده فی الافتعال فقط کما صرح به الشافیة تمت.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 191

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff and blue, one size, glossy.

Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 9 cm.

Collation

ff. 44b-45a

Layout

21 lines on page 1 (of 2); text continues into decorative, diagonal chunks on page 2.

Hand(s)

Cursive Naskh, one hand, regular Aḥmad ibn ʿImād al-Dīn احمد بن عمادالدین Based on the colophon of the first work in the copy.

Additions: Illegible, oval stamp on 44b.

History

Origin: Baladat Khushāb; 13th century AH; 19th century CE

Additional Information

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.

Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

Key to Abbreviations

FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
KAS: (کشف‌الظنون عن اسامی الکتب والفنون)
SEP: (Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran)

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