A largely prose translation by a translator who gives his name only as مسعود Mas‘ūdinto heavily Oghuz-influenced Pre-Classical Chaghatay of نصر الله منشی Naṣr Allāh Munshī's Persian translation of کلیله و دمنه Kalīlah wa Dimnah, itself based on the Arabic translation (from either a Pahlavi or Sanskrit version) of ابن المقفع Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ .
MS. Marsh 180
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A largely prose translation by a translator who gives his name only as مسعود Mas‘ūdinto heavily Oghuz-influenced Pre-Classical Chaghatay of نصر الله منشی Naṣr Allāh Munshī's Persian translation of کلیله و دمنه Kalīlah wa Dimnah, itself based on the Arabic translation (from either a Pahlavi or Sanskrit version) of ابن المقفع Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ .
Shelfmark
MS. Marsh 180
Language
Chagatai
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 214
Hands
Script: Clear Naskh in black ink with section headings in red ink. Scribe(s) unknown.
Decoration
Simple ‘unwāns around come section headings in black, red, and yellow ink.
Borders in red with many spaces apparently delineated and left open for illustrations, though none exist.
Acquisition
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
Provenance
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue].
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713 .
Subject
Fables, Persian
Fables, Arabic
Fables, Indic
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