Details

Subject(s)

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

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Dictionaries [Browse]

Summary note

Persian dictionary of the less common non-Arabic words, arranged by initial and final letters; with examples. The incipit is somewhat different from the one cited by Storey.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from colophon on fol. 263a.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in red; a few pages framed in black and double red lines. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining; a few marginal paper repairs, mainly to leaves at the beginning of the ms. In good condition.
• Origin: Ṣafar 1076 H [August-September 1665], Ibrāhīm valad-i Bābū (fol. 263a).
• Incipit: ابتداى کلام هر هنرور و انتهاى سخن هر خردمند هنر پرور شاىسته و سزاوار است

Binding note

Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandoral and pendants; spine and edges repaired with light brown leather.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Notes and stamps on fol. 1a, 263a-263b.

References

Storey, C.A. Persian literature, III, 23-25

Title given by Storey

• Majmaʻ al-Furs

Alternate title given by Storey

• Lughat-i Surūrī

OCLC

819321744

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