Details

Subject(s)

• Islam—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Religious life—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shīʿah—Miscellanea—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shīʿah—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shīʿah—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Related name

• Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund [Browse]

Summary note

Copy of a series of branching questions and answers about religious philosophy and practice, divided into chapters by topic. This copy begins and ends abruptly. The first complete chapter is kitāb-i tawḥīd (beginning f. 2r) and the last, incomplete, chapter is kitāb-i qaz̤ā (beginning f. 155r).

Notes

• Binding: Rebound in modern brown leather.
• Decoration: Rubrications in red.
• Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
• Layout: 11 long lines.
• Ms. codex.
• Origin: The item is undated. Probably 18th century Iran.
• Script: Written in naskh; pointed, vocalized.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Location of originals

• Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Sold on eBay in 2014.

Cite as

UPenn Ms. Codex 1964.

OCLC

1083523453

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