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1. Khamsah, [1779 or 1780].

Creator:: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Haft paykar
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Iskandarnāmah
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Khusraw va Shīrīn
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Laylī va Majnūn
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Makhzan al-asrār
Call Number:: Persian MSS +93
Image Count:: 6
Abstract:: Five epic poems (Makhzan al-asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylī va Majnūn, Haft paykar, Iskandarnāmah).
Description:: Copied in A.H. [1]193 [A.D. 1779 or 1780]., Ex libris Peerji Abdul Razaq of Delhi. Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Good nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwāns in gold and colors; numerous fine miniatures in colors., and Islamic lacquer binding.
Subject (Name):: Peerji Abdul Razaq--Autograph
Subject (Topic):: Persian language and literature--Poetry and Persian poetry
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Khamsah, [1779 or 1780].

2. Iskandar nameh (The book of Alexander)

Creator:: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
Published / Created:: 1834 Apr
Call Number:: Persian MSS suppl. 100
Image Count:: 7
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Iskandarnāmah
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Iskandar nameh (The book of Alexander)

3. Haft paykar, [18--]

Creator:: Nizami Ganjavi, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3, creator
Published / Created:: [18--?]
Call Number:: Persian MSS 156
Image Count:: 7
Description:: Ethe, H. India Office,, Islamic binding, in black., Masnavi poem; part of the Khamsah quintet. Incomplete at end., Modern (19th century) nastaliq; with crude miniatures in colors., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Topic):: Persian poetry
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Haft paykar, [18--]

4. Ghita, Sanskrit

Published / Created:: [undated]
Call Number:: Uncat MS Vault 586b
Image Count:: 1
Alternative Title:: Bhagavadgītā
Description:: Title from ms. note on 1r.
Subject (Name):: Bhagavadgītā and Mahābhārata
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ghita, Sanskrit

5. Haggadah

Call Number:: Hebrew +32
Collection Title:: Haggadah
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):: Oppenheim, Moses
Subject (Topic):: Judaism --Liturgy --Texts --Early works to 1800 and Seder --Liturgy --Texts --Early works to 1800
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Haggadah

6. Taketori monogatari (Nara e-hon)

Published / Created:: 15--?
Call Number:: YAJ 5c0
Image Count:: 35
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.
Alternative Title:: Taketorimonogatari and 竹取物語, undated.
Description:: 2-jō: 46-chō : 23.5 x 17.0 cm. In wooden box., 2帖: 46丁: 23.5 x 17.0 cm. In wooden box., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: none.
Publisher:: n.p
Subject (Topic):: Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taketori monogatari (Nara e-hon)

7. Taketori monogatari (Nara e-hon.)

Published / Created:: 15--?
Call Number:: YAJ 5c0
Image Count:: 32
Abstract:: Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.
Alternative Title:: Taketorimonogatari and 竹取物語, undated.
Description:: 2-jō: 46-chō : 23.5 x 17.0 cm. In wooden box., 2帖: 46丁: 23.5 x 17.0 cm. In wooden box., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: none.
Publisher:: n.p
Subject (Topic):: Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taketori monogatari (Nara e-hon.)

8. Zvězda presvětlai︠a︡, [ca. 1680-1690].

Published / Created:: [ca. 1680-1690]
Call Number:: Slavic MSS 4
Image Count:: 6
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: An anthology of translated and Russian accounts of the posthumous miracles of the Virgin Mary.
Description:: 130 miniatures from the second half of the 19th century, including full illuminations depicting miracles of the Virgin., Binding, 17th-18th century, boards in stamped leather with one intact clasp; spine restored in 19th century., Incipit: Bogotechnui︠u︡ zvězdu i︠u︡zhe viděvshe volʹsvi, o neĭ zheprorochestvovashe Valaa drevle, i toi︠a︡ pōslědovasha zari...., Possible translation from a Ruthenian printed version (see Slovarʹ Knizhnikov i knizhnosti drevnei Rusi, 17 vek (A-Z), St. Petersburg, 1992, pp. 398-400)., Purchased from Svetlana Aronov on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund, 1997. Late 17th century ownership inscription on verso of first leaf attributed to Pantelei, son of Afanasi., Russian Church Slavic., Similar 17th-century copy found in Undolʹskij Collection, Russian State Library, Moscow, # 398. (See V. M. Undolʹskiĭ, Slavi︠a︡no-russkie rukopisi V.M. Undol'skago, Moscow, 1870, pp. 263-264.)., Stamp with two-headed eagle dated 1746 on inside back cover., and Watermarks: jester's head (Dianova, 1980, #355 (1683), #327 (1652)); crest of the city of Amsterdam with the letters IP (Dianova, 1980, #159 (1680)).
Subject (Name):: Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--Russia, Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Russia, and Pantelei,--son of Afanasi--Ownership
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zvězda presvětlai︠a︡, [ca. 1680-1690].