Jarring Prov. 291
[ Jarring Prov. 291 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
Versified descriptions of religious matters.
Persian, Uighur.
Eastern Turkistan.
1267/1850-1851.
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Lund University Library
Versified descriptions of religious matters. Eastern Turkistan, 1267/1850-1851, Persian, Uighur
Old number 69. An anonymous versified Persian manuscript containing descriptions of different religious duties, rules and institutions. Much space is devoted to the different forms of prayers, almsgiving, burial customs etc., but also such details as sneezing. Each section begins with an explanation followed in some cases with decrees relating to them. On ff. 138a-140a commentaries in the margin. On ff. 393a-394b an incomplete (end missing) Eastern Turki ... .
Physical description
Extent: ff. 394 ; 260 x 155mm.
Decoration
Binding
Brown leather binding with simple decorations
Foliation
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Condition
Poor
History
Origin
Date on f. 391b 1267/1850-1851. The name of the copyist on f. 391b, viz. ... .
Provenance
Bought by Gunnar Jarring from Rev. David Gustafsson, who acquired the manuscript in the 1930's in Yarkand.
Acquisition
The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1982.
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