Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1477

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13095

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1477

Title:

Hāz̲ā Kitāb-i Vasīlat al-najāt

Author:

Nirāqī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Mahdī, 1771 or 1772-1828 or 1829 / نراقى، احمد بن محمد مهدى، 1771 or 2-1828 or 9

Ahmad Naraqi WIKIDATA

Place:

1819

Date:

1819

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 125 leaves : paper ; 276 x 172 (210 x 118) mm. bound to 277 x 179 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Caption title from fol. 1b.
Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in neat naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in blue, gold, and red, with outer marginal red border. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining, particularly on fol. 1b-2a. In good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in gold and color; title in red on white ground set within gold lozenge. Text on fol. 1b-2a set within clouds on gold ground.
Origin: 23 Ramaḍān 1234 H [16 JUly 1819], ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn marḥūm Ḥājjī Ghulām ʻAlī al-Barīrī [?] (fol. 124b).
Smudged stamp, likely from a library or bookseller, on fol. 1a.

Keyword:

illuminated manuscripts

headpieces (layout features)

Manuscripts, Persian

Islamic law

Shīʻah--Customs and practices

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9971809813506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University