COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_93
Reference Number:
Persian MS 93
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Ardāvīrāfnāmah
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Ardā-vīrāf-nāmah
Alternative Parent Work Title:
vīrāfnāmah
Description:
Persian prose translation of the Pahlavi original Ardā Vīrāf nāmak, the story of Viraf, a Parsee hermit, visiting the other world.It has been a popular work of which there is also a translation, into Persian, in verse and more than one translation into English (see Rieu, BM 47b-48a). There are also a number of critical modern translations, by Ghulam Reza Rashld-Yasarm (Tehran H.S. 1314/ A.D. 1935), Muhammad Mu‘In (Tehran H.S, 1325/ A.D. 1946) and Rahim ‘Afifi, including the Pahlavi text by Reza Navabpour (Mashhad H.S. 1342/ A.D. 1963).
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Zoroastrianism
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Support:
Leather
Item Height:
200 mm
Item Width:
120 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2021-05-25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands