Details

Subject(s)

• Astrology—15th century—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on astrology.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• On lower edge: "Laṭāʼif al-kalām" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid paper with visible chain lines and fibers. Rubrication and catchwords; some marginal notes. Charts on fol. 53a-56a in red and black. Notes on fol. 2a, 63b. Damp stained around edges; light smudging. Otherwise in excellent condition.
• Origin: Copy completed 25 Rabīʻ II 1180 H [30 September 1766] (fol. 63a).

Binding note

Quarter leather with turquoise embossed paper covers over pasted boards; purple pastedowns and flyleaves.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

On fol. 1a, owner's stamp of al-Sayyid Aḥmad Muḥsin and owner's note of Maḥmūd Ḥamdī.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 65-66

Other title(s)

• Laṭāʼif al-kalām fī aḥkām al-aʻwām
• لطائف الكلام في احكام الاعوام

OCLC

759843249

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