Title: Art. XXI.—Account of a rare, if not unique, manuscript History of the Seljúqs contained in the Schefer Collection lately acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and now described by Edward G. Browne, M.A., M.R.A.S
Abstract: In the pages of this Journal I have repeatedly had occasion to insist, especially in my notice of M. Blochet's most useful Catalogue ( J.R.A.S. for 1901, pp. 331–3), on the unique value of the magnificent collection of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish MSS. formed by the late M. Charles Schefer, and now belonging to the Bibliothèque Nationale. During a fortnight spent in Paris in the Easter vacation of 1901, I was able to examine more closely some of the most interesting MSS. comprised in this collection, and in particular the MS. which forms the subject of this notice, which is remarkable alike for its age (it is dated the beginning of Ramaḍán, A.H. 635 = April, A.D. 1238); its fine, clear, careful script; the interest and authority of its contents; and the fact that it is, so far as I have been able to ascertain, unique.
Publication Year: 1902
Publication Date: 1902-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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