Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]

Summary note

Shabistarī's well-known treatise on mysticism in mas̲navī verse.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• On front cover: Two labels reading "126" and "1141" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 11 lines per page in two columns; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on modern paper. Headings in red; catchwords. Columns and headings marked off by red lines; text framed by gold and blue with a red line in the outer margin. Impression of a seal containing a lion on the outer margins of fol. 1-3, 48. Text block mostly detached from binding; otherwise in good condition.
• Decoration: On fol. 1a, polychrome and gold illuminated ʻunwan consisting of floral design and geometric patterns; title and basmalah in separate boxes shaded gold. A small, realistic squirrel has been painted over the header at the top. Center space between columns has been filled with gold curvilinear pattern on fol. 1a-2b. Gold foliar pattern fills empty space on either side of colophon on fol. 48a.
• Origin: Copy completed Jumādá I 1302 H. [February or March 1885] by Muḥammad Hādī Khvājavand (fol. 48a).

Binding note

Full green-brown leather with tooled fillets and blind-stamped floral designs around border.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's note on fol. 1a dated 1312 H. [1894 or 5].

OCLC

729579584

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