Details

Subject(s)

• Persian poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of poetry selections, mainly from Niẓām Astarābadī.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Physical description: 12 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on gold-sprinkled, beige and yelllow glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text written on a diagonal and framed in blue and gold; columns separated by double gold lines. Author names in red. Catchwords have mostly been cut off due to trimming of text block. Some staining and smudging; incomplete at end.

Binding note

Green paper covers with cloth spine; purple flyleaves and pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

OCLC

807998426

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