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
Sadi., creator Tabrizi, Pir Muhammad ibn Shaykh Tahir
Published / Created:
[1525]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 35
Image Count:
3
Description:
Copied on A.H. Shaban 931 [A.D. 1525] by Pir Muhammad ibn Shaykh Tahir Tabrizi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in black, red, blue, and gold; elaborate unwans on leaf 1 verso and folio 2 recto; with miniatures., Lacquer binding., Poem., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and Text is in Persian; colophon is in Arabic.
Ethe, H. India Office,, Ex libris R.M. Binning. Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Extensive marginal notes., Fairly modern (17th century) nastaliq, in gold, red, and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., In manuscript on leaf 1 verso: R.M. Binning E[ast]. I[ndia]. C[ompany]. C[ivil]. S[ervice]. Madras., Poems framed in a dialogue., Robert Blair Munro Binning is the author of a colloquial Arabic grammar, 1849 (British Museum catalog)., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied in A.H. Safar 1011 [A.D. 1602] by Ahmad Ali Ijaz Ruqum, but only the first two and the last three leaves belong to the original manuscript, the rest (including the miniatures) having been supplied by a much later (18th century) hand., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on folio 1 verso; with colored miniatures., Poems framed in a dialogue., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
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.
Copied in A.H. 894 (A.D. 1489), Islamic binding, velvet covered, with flap., Two titles bound together, and Wrongly entitled as: Intikha¯b Mant iq al-t ayr.
Ethe, H. India Office,, Modern (18th century) calligraphic nastaaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Rules for proper letter-writing., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art