Manuscript on paper, containing the Fasl i panjam or fifth chapter of an unidentified text
Description:
In Persian., Layout: 1 column of around 9 lines., Decoration: Rubrication., Binding: Modern blind-tooled blue leather over paper pasteboards with central mandorla., and Modern pencil foliation.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Persian and Persian language and literature
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry
Manuscript, on paper, of two texts, given the titles Meezan (=mizan) and Moonshayb (=Musha'ib).
Description:
In Persian., Title devised by cataloger., Layout: 1 column of around 9 lines., Decoration: Rubrication, headings rubricated in red ink., and Binding: Modern blind-tooled blue leather over paper pasteboards with central mandorla.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Persian and Persian language and literature
