Wadh.Minasian 548 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
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Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 78
A collection of two works
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 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
Contents
Summary of Contents: Glosses to Taftāzānī's commentary on al-Taṣrīf al-ʿīzzá of al-Zanjānī (655 AH) on Arabic Morphology (declension).ff. 1a-44aLanguage(s): ArabicArabic language--Grammar
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
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), natural buff and blue, one size, glossy.Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.Dimensions (written): 16 × 9 cm.Collation
ff. 1a-44aLayout
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 CE2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 191
Contents
A very brief text on morphology (declension) of Arabic verbs.
ff. 44b-45aArabic language--Morphology
Language(s): ArabicTitle: [Taṣrīf]Title: [تصریف]Author: AnonymousIncipit: 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
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), natural buff and blue, one size, glossy.Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.Dimensions (written): 16 × 9 cm.Collation
ff. 44b-45aLayout
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 CEAdditional 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
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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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