Saint Louis University, VFL MS 038

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10052

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 038

Title:

Gulistan

Author:

Saʻdī

Saadi WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran

Iran TGN

Date:

1563

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : paper ; 201 x 142 mm

Former Owner(s):

Society of Foliophiles

Foliophiles WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title from printed portfolio, based on information from the original manuscript.
Layout: Written in 9 long lines, with lines from an unidentifed masnavi (rhyming couplets), written diagonally in the margins.
Script: Shikasteh in black and red inks; script identified by Robert Hillenbrand.
Origin: Written in Iran in 1563; attribution made in consultation with Robert and Carole Hillenbrand, and Wheeler M. Thackston.
Society of Foliophles, NY: Oriental Mss. and Printing, 1928, No. 23.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 038.

Keyword:

poetry

Arabic scripts

calligraphy (visual works)

manuscripts (documents)

detached leaves

Gulistān (Saʻdī)

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3600222

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS038_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University