Details

Subject(s)

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

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—18th century [Browse]
• Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—18th century [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of Persian poetry; poets include Saʻdī, Vaḥshī Yazdī, Ṭālib Āmulī, Muʾmin Ḥusayn Yazdī, Awḥadī, Jāmī Muḥammad Jān, Nawʻī, Zulālī, and others. List of contents on fol. iib.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• On fol. 1b, title given in illuminated ʻunwān reads "Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Shaykh Muṣliḥ al-Dīn Saʻdī Shīrāzī ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah."
• Physical description: Four columns; written on a diagonal in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper in a variety of colors. Rubrication and catchwords. Numerous paper repairs, some staining and smudging. Last few leaves mildewed. In fair condition.
• Decoration: Well-executed illuminations. On fol. 1a, illuminated mandorla with pendants in gold and color. On fol. 1b, illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color; on fol. 1b-2a, margins illuminated with foliar pattern, and text framed in gold and decorated with gold arabesque. Remainder of text framed in blue and gold, with columns separated by double gold lines. Space after colophon on fol. 162b illuminated with floral pattern in gold and color.
• Origin: On fol. 72a, 19 Rabīʻ II 1147 H [18 September 1734], Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Qivām al-Dīn Ḥusayn Shīrāzī. On fol. 84a, 8 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1170 H [25 July 1757], Shujāʻ al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Ḥusaynī. The poem "Maḥmūd Āyāz" by Zalālī is stated to have been originally completed in 1014 H (fol. 162b).

Binding note

Full dark brown leather with blind-stamped fillets; red leather doublures.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Illegible stamps [of a library?] on fol. 1a, 162b, accompanied by the number 132.

OCLC

817948694

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