نگاهي به فهرست دستنويس هاي دانشگاه اصفهان

A Catalogue Review: Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Isfahan

The paper attempts to review the first volume of the Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Isfahan, published in 1385sh. This catalogue is a work by Seyyed Jafar Hoseini Eshkevari, with an introduction by Ahmad Shabani, Ph.D. The paper reviews the subjects discussed in the Catalogue, including the importance and difficulties of book-catalogue writing; the different methods of catalogue writing; the 1200 or so manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Isfahan; the generous people who dedicated the manuscripts to the University of Isfahan; and, the method followed by the author in cataloguing them. The other part of the paper deals with some manuscripts described in the Catalogue, discusses some points untold in the Catalogue, and, finally offers some approaches and suggestions which would improve the art of catalogue writing. The concluding part offers examples of manuscripts in the authors hand writing and introduces some old manuscripts of that collection.