A composite manuscript containing a famous treatise on riddles, a fragment of an anthology of Persian poetry, and two accounts from the time of the Prophet Muḥammad. — Multiple dates
MS. Selden Superius 32
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A composite manuscript containing a famous treatise on riddles, a fragment of an anthology of Persian poetry, and two accounts from the time of the Prophet Muḥammad. — Multiple dates
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Superius 32
Date
21st February 1506
Language
Persian
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 184
Hands
Script: Nastaʻlīq.
Acquisition
Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.
Provenance
The collections of John Selden .
Subject
Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632--Biography
Persian poetry--1500-1796
Persian poetry--747-1500
Riddles, Persian
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Title
Poetry, etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Superius 32
Summary
(1355) The famous treatise on riddles and logogriphs (fols. 1-47).
(1216) Fragment of an anthology of Persian poetry (fols. 49-170).
(458) Two short stories fro Muhammad's time, dated 21st February 1506 (fols. 170b-184a).
Date
c. 1506
Language
Persian
Physical extent
184 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 3264 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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