Cerulli Persiani 1055 | Index [Collection of Unmatched Ta'zieh Indices]

Titre

En Cerulli Persiani 1055 | Index [Collection of Unmatched Ta'zieh Indices]

Fr Cerulli Persiani 1055 — Fihrist [Recueil d'index de taʿziyah sans correspondance]

Type

Codex / Collection of loose booklets

Créateur/ Créatrice

Anonymous

Sujet

En Literary approaches, Pahlavi dynasty

Fr Approches littéraires ; Dynastie Pahlavi

Identifiant

Cerulli pers. 1055

Format

Collection of approximately 90+ loose fihrist booklets (not paginated as a single codex)

Résumé

En A unique meta-document in the Cerulli collection: not a taʿziya manuscript in the usual sense, but a collection of approximately 90+ unmatched fihrist booklets (tables of contents / dramatis personae indices) that Cerulli sent to the Vatican separately from the main manuscripts, as supplementary indices for MSS 1–532 in the collection. As explained by Rossi & Bombaci in their Introduction: "From a note it appears that Cerulli sent in total 120 such indices destined to complete the manuscripts of the first group that lacked them. Some were placed with the manuscripts they referred to; the rest remained to constitute no. 1055 because they could not be matched exactly." Each sub-unit (numbered in Roman numerals: I through LXXXI and beyond, with additional "B" and "D" sub-series) is a fihrist for a separate taʿziya drama — typically listing character names and opening lines, without containing the full play text. These fihrists were described as "drafted hurriedly and summarily; many are limited to the opening exchanges." The sub-units cover the full thematic range of the taʿziya repertoire, spanning all subject classes (I through XIX) in Rossi & Bombaci's classification system — from pre-Islamic biblical narratives (Adam and Eve, Abraham, Job, Jesus's miracles, the Dormition of Mary) through the Muḥammad cycle, the ʿAlī and Fāṭima cycles, the Karbala and post-Karbala cycle, down to Imams after Ḥusayn and edifying historical tales. Various provenances are noted on individual booklets: Māzandarān, Kāšān, Kirmān, and others. Some bear dates from 1953–1954. The sub-units include, among many others: I. Dream of Zaynab (XII.6); II. Ḥajjāj (XIV.8); III. Aḥmad-i Ṣaffāḥ (XIII.C.9); IV. Death of Muḥammad Bāqir (XIV.10); V. Death of the Prophet (II.30); VI. Death of Zaynab (XII.6); VII. ʿAlī and Jābulsā (IV.21); VIII. Ḥażrat-i Maʿṣūma (XV.D.15); IX. Martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn; X. Arrival of prisoners in Kūfa; XI. Vafāt-i Zaynab; XII. [unclear]; XIII. Death of Imām Ḥusayn (XV); XIV. Jibrāʾīl brings camphor from Paradise (VII.A.11); XV. [fragmented]; XXIII. Fāṭima Ṣughrā sends flowers (XI.1); XXIV. Ḥāšim (IX.10); XXV. Mālik-i Aštar (VII.A.5); XXVI. Death of Fāṭima Ṣughrā (XI.6); XXVII. Martyrdom of Imām Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (XIV.7); XXVIII. Nāṣir al-Dīn Šāh-i Qājār (XIX.13); XXIX. Mission of the Prophet (II.4); XXX. Caliphate of ʿUṯmān; XXXI. Death of Sakīna (X.D.17); XXXV. Ibn Ziyād in Prison (VII.A.26); and many more through sub-unit PXIV (Pilgrim of Imām Riżā — XIV.23) at minimum.

Fr A unique meta-document in the Cerulli collection: not a taʿziya manuscript in the usual sense, but a collection of approximately 90+ unmatched fihrist booklets (tables of contents / dramatis personae indices) that Cerulli sent to the Vatican separately from the main manuscripts, as supplementary indices for MSS 1–532 in the collection. As explained by Rossi and Bombaci in their Introduction, some were placed with the manuscripts they referred to; the rest remained to constitute no. 1055 because they could not be matched exactly. Each sub-unit (numbered in Roman numerals, with additional «B» and «D» sub-series) is a fihrist for a separate taʿziya drama — typically listing character names and opening lines, without containing the full play text. The sub-units cover the full thematic range of the taʿziya repertoire, spanning all subject classes in Rossi and Bombaci's classification system — from pre-Islamic biblical narratives through the Muḥammad cycle, the ʿAlī and Fāṭima cycles, the Karbala and post-Karbala cycle, down to Imams after Ḥusayn and edifying historical tales. Various provenances are noted on individual booklets: Māzandarān, Kāšān, Kirmān, and others. Some bear dates from 1953–1954.

Date

c. 1950–1954 (dates noted on individual booklets: 1953–1954)

Source

Vatican City

Edition

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Vatican City

Référence

https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Cerulli.pers.1055

Langue

Fa

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