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IO Islamic 2769
- Record Id:
- 032-003460403
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460403
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085423314.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100146650152.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2769
- Title:
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Menoy i khrad in Persian
- Scope & Content:
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A Parsi-Persian version (ie in Persian but including passages in Middle-Persian language in Persian script) described as Kitāb-i Mīnū khirad (کئاب مینوخرد) of the Mēnōy ī khrad (‘Spirit of Wisdom’) originally composed in Pahlavi probably during the sixth century CE (f. 1v-75v)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Leyden Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003460403", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 2769: Menoy i khrad in Persian" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460403
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003460403
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. ii+79
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100146650152.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1811
- Date Range:
- late 18th or early 19th century
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European paper watermarked with anchor
Dimensions: 215 x 155 mm leaf
Foliation: pencil
Layout: 11 lines per page
Script: Nastaʻlīq
Ink: Black ink, with headings and punctuation in red
Binding: Brown leather European binding with hatched pattern and gilt borders
Marginalia: Catchwords
- Custodial History:
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Purchased 1824.06.25 from the estate of John Leyden (1775-1811); ‘Bibliotheca Leydeniana’ (f. 1r)
- Source of Acquisition:
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East India Company Library
- Finding Aids:
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Ethé, Hermann, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (vol. 2. revised and completed by Edward Edwards) (Oxford, 1903-37), no. 2986
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)