Details

Subject(s)

• Professions—Islamic Empire—Classification [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Four discourses on the courtly professions, namely writing, poetry, astrology, and medicine.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2a.
• On back cover: Label reading "44" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 14 lines per page; written in shikastah and nastaʻliq (change in script at fol. 13) in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining and occasional smudging. In good condition.
• Incipit: حمد و شکر و سپاس مر آن پادشاهى را که عالم عود و معاد

Binding note

Limp orange-brown leather with blind-stamped fillets and violet paper doublures.

Language note

Persian.

References

Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), V, 314 (no. 1500)

OCLC

809860648

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