Saint Louis University, VFL MS 040

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DS ID:

DS10054

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 040

Title:

Biographies of noted Sufis and distinguised men in Islam, single leaf (Pius XII Memorial Library. Manuscript. VFL MS 040)

Place:

Kandahār

Kandahar TGN

Date:

1478

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : paper ; 242 x 178 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 23 long lines.
Script: Naskhī tending toward Nasta'liq, in black ink; script identified by Robert Hillenbrand.
Decoration: Text block framed in a linear border of black, blue and gold.
Origin: Written in Kandahār in 1478; attribution made in consultation with Robert and Carole Hillenbrand.
Society of Foliophiles: Specimens of Oriental Mss. and Printing, 1928, No. 23.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 040.

Keyword:

detached leaves

Arabic scripts

manuscripts (documents)

collective biographies

calligraphy (visual works)

Sufis--Biography

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3600224

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS040_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University