Details

Subject(s)

• Geography, Medieval—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic cosmology—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Iran—Geography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Work on cosmology and geography, with a special emphasis on Persia.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• On front cover: Label reading "Qazvini / Nozhat al-qolub / P 133 / 1057=1647" in Western script.
• Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in naskh in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue, red, and gold. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining; a few marginal paper repairs, particularly to fol. 1, 367-372. In excellent condition.
• Origin: Ṣafar 1057 H [March 1647] (fol. 370a).
• Incipit: چون واهب مواهب بى علت جلت کلمته که مبدع مخترعات و مخترع مصدعاتست

Binding note

Full maroon leather with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants; spine and some edges repaired.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

On inner cover and fol. ia, notes in Western script concerning the ms., editions, and references. On fol. 1a, owner's stamps and note, as well as a waqf notice accompanied by the stamp of ʻAbd al-Nabī, 1086 H [1675 or 6].

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 129

OCLC

816690316

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