Details

Subject(s)

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

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—17th century [Browse]
• Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—17th century [Browse]

Summary note

Well-known treatise on the religious obligations and moral duties of Muslims; fawāʾid on fol. iib-ivb and partial table of contents on insert.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2b.
• On front cover: Label reading "740 Kimia Saadat. Persian mss. All vols." in Western script.
• Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in gold. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp staining, mostly marginal; last few leaves mildewed. In good condition.
• Decoration: On fol. 1b, illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color, with basmalah in cartouche. On fol. 1b-2a , margins decorated with gold floral pattern and text framed in red and gold.
• Incipit: شكر و سپاس و ستايش فراوان بعدد ستارگان آسمان و ... اما بعد بدآنكه آدمي را به هرزه و ببازي نيافريده اند بلكه كار وي عظيم است و خطر وي بزرگ

Binding note

Full brown leather with gold-stamped central cross and fillets; marbled paper doublures.

Language note

Persian.

References

Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum, I, 37

OCLC

820022383

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