Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 250

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13207

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 250

Title:

Haylājʹnāmah /

Author:

ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230 / عطار، فريد الدين

Attar of Nishapur WIKIDATA

Date:

1456 or 1457

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 179 leaves: paper ; 173 x 130 (125 x 82) mm. bound to 175 x 135 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1b.
Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for headings, The text is fframed within a single red line on most leaves. Several inscriptions, including dates of birth and death and ownership statements on fol. 1a and on the pastedown of the upper cover. Inscription in Arabic on fol. 179b stating the number of leaves. Mainly quaternions...
Origin: According to colophon, copied by Darwīsh ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad Kātib in 861 H. (fol. 179a).
Several ownership statements, some with impression of a seal, on fol. 1a, the earliest dated 1211 H. Erased large circular seal on the margin of fol. 2a and throughout the copy. Purchased from Ayhan Aktar.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

New Jersey--Princeton

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930604833506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University