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MS011 Western : Persian manuscript

Item

Title
MS011 Western : Persian manuscript
Identifier
PK6481 .M8 1827 MS011
Creator
Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, 1207-1273
Ahmadallah scribe
Description
Devised title based on vendor's description.
Copied by the scribe Ahmadallah, known as Hakim.
"Masnavi [Sufi Poetry]...Persian manuscript on paper, 650 pp., text written horizontally in two columns of 17 lines to the page in small nast'aliq script in black ink, and approximately 32 lines written diagonally in inner borders of each page, catchwords written in outer borders, inner and outer borders ruled in blue, red and gold, significant verses picked out in red ink throughout, text interspersed with illuminated corner-pieces decorated with floral motifs in colours and gold, one double page of illumination in colours and gold at the beginning incorporating the opening verses of the poem (torn at inner margin just into illumination), text interspersed with other illuminated pages throughout, seal impression of "Nur Muhammad" at end, some marginal water-staining and a few repairs to edges, contemporary calf, gilt, lower joint cracked, 8vo (219 x 125mm.), Kashmir, 5th Jumada al-Thani, A.H. 1243 / [24th December 1827]." --Provided by vendor.
Date
1827
Format
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Date Digitized
2024-08-08
Language
Persian
Catalogue Record
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