Memorial of the Late Professor Seyyed Mohammad Asfiaei

Professor Seyyed Mohammad Asfiaei (13291400- SH) was one of the most brilliant, professional and experienced bibliographers and codicologists. The untimely demise of this not well-known scientist greatly saddened his friends and admirers, and the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from being honored appropriately. To remember him and paying honor to his years of cooperation with Grand Ayatollah Marashi Library in buying and listing manuscripts section, and also upbringing manuscripts cataloguers, “Shahab Heritage” magazine has included a brief memoir in this issue. This part includes three notes written by his friends and colleagues, and a selection of his bibliographic comments published in some parts of the Library’s catalogues. These comments are of a great significance due to their meticulous and scientific analysis which for young cataloguers is a classroom by itself.