Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 60W-62W

Metadata

DS ID:

DS12829

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 60W-62W

Title:

Īn Risālah fī bayān al-ṣabr va al-shukr ... [etc.

Date:

17--

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 140 leaves : paper ; 203 x 115 (132-180 x 68-92) mm bound to 210 x 120 mm

Note:

Ms. composite codex.
Collective title from text 1.
On spine: Label reading "Risālah-i sulūk."
Physical description, texts 1-7: 15-17 lines per page; written in small shikastah in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Leaves 63-71 on heavier paper. Rubrication and catchwords; poetry in two columns. Some insect damage and damp staining; a few paper repairs.
Physical description, text 8: 11-13 lines per page; written in large shikastah in black on heavy glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords; occasional rubrication. Some insect damage and a few paper repairs.
Origin: Text 7 dated 1140 H [1727 or 1728] (leaf 76a). Remainder of texts likely from the 18th century.
On leaf 1a, stamp of ʻUmar ibn Rasūl Khān Vurdī Mayjur, dated 1256 H [1840 or 1841]. On leaf 132a, stamp dated 1138 H [1725 or 1726]. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Sufism

Persian letters

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9975876583506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University