Studying the codicology and bibliographic characteristics of manuscripts with Bayaz structure
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1
Associate Professor of the National Library of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2
Graduate student of the Foundation of Iranian Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran
10.30481/jms.2025.540278.1080
Abstract
Purpose: investigate the elements of codicology and bibliography of undated manuscripts and also to investigate the most frequent content-related elements in the structure of undated manuscripts under research.
Methodology and Research Procedure: The method of this research is a descriptive-survey with qualitative content analysis. The subject area of this research is the manuscripts investigated with the structure of undated Bayaz and their geographical scope, available in the National Library of Iran. Our sampling method is a census and our data collection tool is a checklist.
Findings: Among 27 undated Bayazes, most are without the name of the author, date and period of composition. Also, most of their subject and content include prayers. Also, all of these Bayazes lack a scribe, place of writing, and as their name suggests, they also lack a date of writing. These Bayazes are mostly covered with tīmāj leather and without decoration.
Originality: Most of the Bayazes either are in the form of various materials collected from several sources or are merely writings. And they were mainly in the form of booklets that accompanied the person on a journey, abundance, cheapness and availability compared to other leather covers, and due to the lack of much important content in most of the Bayazes, the decorations was of no importance in it. And Foreign paper was also more used due to its availability. Also, the use of Naskh and Nastaliq scripts in Bayazes was more common due to the special position of these scripts in most periods.
So far, no research has been conducted on the topics and elements of manuscripts, and specifically on the structure of the Bayaz, based on the manuscripts available in a specific library. T. Also, conducting this research will be useful for researchers in the field of manuscripts and catalogers.
Methodology and Research Procedure: The method of this research is a descriptive-survey with qualitative content analysis. The subject area of this research is the manuscripts investigated with the structure of undated Bayaz and their geographical scope, available in the National Library of Iran. Our sampling method is a census and our data collection tool is a checklist.
Findings: Among 27 undated Bayazes, most are without the name of the author, date and period of composition. Also, most of their subject and content include prayers. Also, all of these Bayazes lack a scribe, place of writing, and as their name suggests, they also lack a date of writing. These Bayazes are mostly covered with tīmāj leather and without decoration.
Originality: Most of the Bayazes either are in the form of various materials collected from several sources or are merely writings. And they were mainly in the form of booklets that accompanied the person on a journey, abundance, cheapness and availability compared to other leather covers, and due to the lack of much important content in most of the Bayazes, the decorations was of no importance in it. And Foreign paper was also more used due to its availability. Also, the use of Naskh and Nastaliq scripts in Bayazes was more common due to the special position of these scripts in most periods.
So far, no research has been conducted on the topics and elements of manuscripts, and specifically on the structure of the Bayaz, based on the manuscripts available in a specific library. T. Also, conducting this research will be useful for researchers in the field of manuscripts and catalogers.
Keywords
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