[Fragments of Persian, Arabic, and Turkish prose and poetry].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Persian
  • Arabic
  • Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
Published/​Created
[19th century?]
Description
226 leaves : paper ; 184-269 x 119-158 (132-237 x 82-120) mm

Details

Subject(s)
Donor
Related name
Rare books genre
Contains
Summary note
Collection of small fragments, including one from Qavāʻid al-Qurʼān by Yār Muḥammad ibn Khudādād Samarqandī.
Notes
  • Ms. composite codex.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "F.G 8 450". Folios 225-226 bound upside-down. Inserts.
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. 226 ; catchwords ; fol. 194-224 also foliated in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals as part of a different collation ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Layout: 8-24 lines per page in one or two columns ; partially ruled.
  • Description: Rubricated ; MS in good to fair condition.
Binding note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and painted paper[?]. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants. Entire cover painted in green, red, yellow and black. Marbled paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands.
Language note
Persian, Arabic, and Turkish;
Script
Arabic
Provenance
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. 450
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
858873963
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