A treatise on prosody and rhyme in Arabic and Persian poetry, consisting of a muqddimah and two fann, on fol. 2a-72b; poem and two charts on fol. 1b.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1a.
On front cover: Label reading "331" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 11-16 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on modern paper. Catchwords; headings overlined. Fol. 25b blank, but no lacuna in text. Illustrated with a number of circular charts. Text block partially detached from binding.
Origin: Copy completed on 7 Muḥarram 1304 H. [6 October 1886] (fol. 72b).
Inicipit: الحمد لله حمد الشاکرىن ... اما بعد اين مختصرىست در علم عروض و قوافى شعر تازى فارسى درى که بالتماس بعضى از دوستان مرتب کرده شد و آنرا معىار الاشعار نام نهاده آمد
Binding note
Half leather with marbled paper over pasted boards; tan pastedowns.
Language note
Persian.
References
Storey, C. Persian literature, III, 179
OCLC
728643455
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