Details

Subject(s)

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

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—16th century [Browse]

Related record(s)

• Dar shāyast va nashāyast.
• [Ṣad dar].
• Kitāb-i Vīrāfʹnāmah.

Summary note

Collection of three Zoroastrian texts, one of which contains fifty miniatures of heaven and hell.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• On spine: "Ardai Veraf Namah" in Western script tooled in gold.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on unglazed, laid Arabic paper. Text 2 in two columns and framed in red. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining and insect damage; edges ragged. Binding is loose and some gatherings are detached. Text 2 has fifty miniatures of heaven and hell.

Binding note

European-style full brown leather with gold-stamped fillets and gold stamping on spine.

Language note

Persian.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-60a: [Ṣad dar].
• 2. fol. 62b-121b: Kitāb-i Vīrāfʹnāmah.
• 3. fol. 123a-208a: Dar shāyast va nashāyast.

Provenance

Former owner noted at top of fol. 1b in Western script: Jumsetjeekursetjee.

OCLC

765399739

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