نهر الفصاحه. [چار شربت].

Nahr al-faṣāḥah. [Chār sharbat].

Author
Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
1219 [1805]
Description
128 leaves : paper ; 243 x 160 (165-182 x 90-100) mm bound to 248 x 168 mm.

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Contains
Notes
  • Ms. composite codex.
  • Marginal notes. Inserts. Inscriptions on pastedowns and folio 1a.
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. 128 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Layout: 15 lines per page.
  • Description: Rubricated ; a few folios lightly tinted ; MS in good condition; fol. 1-2 mended, some insect damage.
  • Origin: [Nahr al-faṣāḥah] Copied 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1219 by ʻAlī ? (fol. 52b).
Binding note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and red marbled paper. Blue paper pastedowns.
Language note
Persian.
Contents
  • 1. fol. 1a-52b: Nahr al-faṣāḥah. Treatise on correct diction in Persian.
  • 2. fol. 53b-128b: [Chār sharbat]. Treatise on Persian prosody and composition; incomplete at end.
Provenance
Seal impression of Khādim Ḥusayn Khān with date 1249 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Martinovitch, N.N. Catalogue of Turkish and Persian manuscripts (1926), no. 446
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
858872572
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