Details

Subject(s)

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

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of poems by famous and lesser-known Persian poets.

Notes

• Ms codex.
• On front cover: Label reading "111" in Arabic script.
• On spine: Label reading "441" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page in 2 columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Headings in red. Text and columns framed in red with outer red border in margins. Fol. 152a blank. A few torn leaves and paper repairs, particularly at beginning and end of text block. Light smudging and staining; first few leaves foxed. Binding almost completely detached.
• Origin: Copy completed 3 Shawwāl 1245 H. [28 March 1830] by Muḥammd Kāẓim Khān Qummī (fol. 310a).

Binding note

Full brown leather with tooled geometric design; purple pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-151b: [Persian poems].
• 2. fol. 152b-248a: [Lists of the first lines of ghazals]. Authors are listed in the margins on fol. 152b-173a.
• 3. fol. 248b-309b: [Rubāʻīyāt].

Provenance

On fol. 1a, note dated 1254 H. [1838 or 9] and an owner's stamp. The dates 1196 H. [1781 or 2] and 1268 H. [1851 or 2] are also written but not accompanied by notes. On fol. 310b, notes dated 1251 H. [1835 or 6] and owner's stamps.

OCLC

743835008

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