[Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund. PU

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

Persian

Subjects (All):

Religious life--Islam--Early works to 1800.

Religious life.

Religious life--Islam.

Islam--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800.

Islam.

Islam--Customs and practices.

Shīʻah--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800.

Shīʻah.

Shīʻah--Miscellanea--Early works to 1800.

Shīʻah--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Shīʻah--Doctrines.

Shīʻah--Customs and practices.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Sold on eBay in 2014.

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper ; 165 x 105 (115 x 72) mm bound to 171 x 113 mm

Place of Publication:

[Iran?], [between 1725 and 1825?]

Language Note:

Persian.

Summary:

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:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.

Layout: 11 long lines.

Script: Written in naskh; pointed, vocalized.

Decoration: Rubrications in red.

Binding: Rebound in modern brown leather.

Origin: The item is undated. Probably 18th century Iran.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1964.

OCLC:

1083523453