batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l2004-l2073
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l2004-l2073
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / PREFACE / EDWARD HERON-ALLEN. / EXPLANATION OF
THE REFERENCES IN THE FOLLOWING PARALLELS; lines 2004-2073
start: '2004'
end: '2073'
translation: The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: The following are the alternative texts and translations referred to in the
following parallels
summary: A prefatory bibliographic explanation lists abbreviations for manuscripts,
lithographs, editions, and translations of Omar Khayyam's ruba'iyat, with repository
locations, dates, numbers of quatrains, and notes on relationships among textual
witnesses.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage introduces abbreviations for alternative texts and translations
used in later parallels.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Ouseley manuscript is identified as Bodleian Library MS No. 140, dated
A.H. 865 / A.D. 1460, containing 158 ruba'iyat.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Calcutta manuscript No. 1548 is described as containing 510 ruba'iyat;
the original is said to have been lost or stolen, with a copy made from the copy
made for Edward FitzGerald at Prof. Cowell's instance.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The Lucknow lithograph edition referenced is dated A.H. 1312 / A.D. 1894 and
contains 770 ruba'iyat.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Whinfield, Nicolas, St. Petersburg, Bombay, and Bankipur entries identify
printed or manuscript collections with dates and numbers of ruba'iyat.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage lists several Bibliothèque Nationale Paris Persian manuscripts
and manuscript additions containing groups of ruba'iyat, dated or paleographically
assigned to different Hijri centuries.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The St. Petersburg text is described as almost identical with Nicolas, and
the Bombay collection as almost identical with the Lucknow lithograph.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The final entries identify the Tonk manuscript, Cowell's translated quatrains,
Garcin de Tassy's ten translations from the Ouseley manuscript, and John Payne's
metrical translation.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures: []
roles: []
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 2004-2010
quote_or_summary: '"The following are the alternative texts and translations referred
to in the following parallels"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for identification.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2011-2015
quote_or_summary: Ouseley MS No. 140 in the Bodleian Library at Oxford is dated
A.H. 865 / A.D. 1460 and contains 158 ruba'iyat; a facsimile and translation with
notes was published in London in 1898.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2017-2021
quote_or_summary: Calcutta MS No. 1548 in the Bengal Asiatic Society's Library contains
510 ruba'iyat; the original is said to be lost or stolen, but a copy was made
from the copy prepared for Edward FitzGerald at Prof. Cowell's instance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2023-2024
quote_or_summary: The Lucknow lithograph entry refers to an A.H. 1312 / A.D. 1894
edition containing 770 ruba'iyat.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2026-2040
quote_or_summary: Entries W, N, S.P., B, and B. ii identify Whinfield's 1883 text
and metrical translation, Nicolas's 1867 text and prose translation, a St. Petersburg
lithograph, a Bombay lithograph, and a Bankipur manuscript, with stated contents
and similarities.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2042-2060
quote_or_summary: Entries P through P. v describe multiple Bibliothèque Nationale
Paris Persian manuscripts or manuscript additions containing ruba'iyat, with folio
ranges, dates, handwriting notes, and numbers of quatrains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 2062-2073
quote_or_summary: Entries T, E.C., De T., and V identify the Tonk manuscript, Cowell's
Calcutta Review translations, Garcin de Tassy's ten translations from the Ouseley
MS, and John Payne's 1898 Villon Society translation containing 845 quatrains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is bibliographic and contains no mythic narrative, symbol use,
scene action, or supported comparative motif claim. Empty motif, symbol, scene,
and comparison arrays reflect absence in the supplied passage, not an assessment
of the wider work.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No taxonomy references were assigned because the passage only explains textual abbreviations and source witnesses.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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