Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Wadh.Minasian 66 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: The title of the book is unknown. This work begins from its sixth chapter, that is the practices of the second night of the month Ramadhan.
Language(s): Persian

Practice of Islam

Author: Anonymous
Incipit: باب ششم در آنچه یاد کنیم از وضایف شب دویم ماه رمضان و روزش در آن فصل …
Explicit: … چنانکه بیرون آورد او را از عدم بوجود و از نابود بهشتی … و او بخشاینده و میزبان. تم||
Colophon: تمت الکتاب … فی شهر المعظم سنه ۱۱۲۴. تمت
Language(s): Persian

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 4

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western plain paper, buff, thick, one size, glossy.
Extent: 309 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 16.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17 × 9 cm.

Layout

16 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Calligraphic Naskh, one hand, large

Decoration

Frontispiece (gilt, azure, rubricated); quadruple ruling (rubricated, gilt and black).

Binding

Brown leather, 17 × 24 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard, leather doublure.

Tooled and ruled edges.

Condition

Edge and spine restored; head band and stitching in disarray.

Condition

This cover has been damaged and completely replaced by a new, cloth case binding.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1124 AH; 1712 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)


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