Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan.Dimensions: 10¾ × 6½ in.Hand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Contents: 1. leaves 1b-52b: Nahr al-faṣāḥah. Treatise on correct diction in Persian.Contents: 2. leaves 53b-128b: Chār sharbat. Treatise on Persian prosody and composition; incomplete at end.Ms. codex.Description based on Martinovitch catalog.Origin: 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1219 H 19 February 1805 (leaf 52b).
Abstract: Two texts on astrology and astronomy by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.Binding note: Limp dark brown leather with blind-stamped fillets; water damaged.Contents: "1. fol. 3a-53a: Sharḥ-i S̲amarah-i Baṭlamyūs. Persian translation of and commentary on an Arabic version of Ptolemy's CentiloquiumContents: a collection of a hundred aphorisms on astrology. With original Arabic text; missing first page."Contents: "2. fol. 54a-130a: Risālah-i Muʻīnīyah dar ʻilm-i hayʾat. Manual of astronomy dedicated to Muʻīn al-Dīn Abū al-ShamsContents: son of the author's patron Nāṣir al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Abī Manṣūr (governor of Quhistan). Missing first page; with numerous diagrams."Ms. composite codex.Title of first text from fol. 1a, by a later hand; title of second text from fol. 54a.On front cover: Label reading "284" in Arabic script.Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on first flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.Physical description: 15-16 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq by two different hands in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp staining; edges somewhat ragged.Origin: First text completed Ramaḍān 935 H May-June 1529 by Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Ḥasanī (fol. 53a). Second text completed on Wednesday, 7 Rabīʻ II 681 H 15 July 1282 (fol. 130a).
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Dāstān-i Pīltan va-Pīlkan (ff. 4b-69a). Dāstān-i Fīrūz Shāh (ff. 69b-84a). Dāstān-i Rashk-i Khusravānī (ff. 84b-114a). Dāstān-i Dukhtar-i saʻlūk-i Pādishāh-i Zangbār (ff. 114b-171a).Decoration: 10 miniatures. Decorative borders etc.Dimensions: 12⅛ × 7½ in.Hand: Clear and distinct Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Binding: Gilt envelope binding.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. 3 miniatures.Hand: Clear Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Abstract: Collection of three Zoroastrian texts, one of which contains fifty miniatures of heaven and hell.Binding note: European-style full brown leather with gold-stamped fillets and gold stamping on spine.Contents: 1. fol. 1b-60a: Ṣad dar.Contents: 2. fol. 62b-121b: Kitāb-i Vīrāfʹnāmah.Contents: 3. fol. 123a-208a: Dar shāyast va nashāyast.Ms. codex.On spine: "Ardai Veraf Namah" in Western script tooled in gold.Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on unglazed, laid Arabic paper. Text 2 in two columns and framed in red. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining and insect damage; edges ragged. Binding is loose and some gatherings are detached. Text 2 has fifty miniatures of heaven and hell.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1b. Pagination: 1st work: fol. 1b-26a (14 lines); 2nd work: fol. 27b-43a. (15 lines) First work written by ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Shīrāzī; scribe of second work not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. First work written in al-Ṭihrān [Tehran], Iran; second work written in Iran, city not identified. Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink, with rubrication and some overlining in red; some pages folded over; catchwords. First work: Cursive Naskh; 14 lines in written area 16 x 9 cm.; second work: Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 16.5 x 9.5 cm. First work: Cursive Naskh; second work: Nastaʻliq. Astronomical drawings throughout in red and black. Folio 1b-26a; Folio 27b-43a. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M305. Binding: blue grain over cardboard sides, dark blue cloth spine.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper; cream-color laid paper of varying thickness, with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on versos. Nastaʻliq; 14-16 lines in written area approximately 18 x 9.5 cm. Folios 1a-200b Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 62. Limp red leather binding; originally with embossed gold medallions in center and at four corners from which the gold has now been rubbed off. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.