Princeton University, Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 9Yq
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- DS ID:
- DS13209
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 9Yq
- Title:
- Tārīkh-i ʻĀlamʹārā-yi ʻAbbāsī
- Author:
- Iskandar Munshī, 1560 or 1561-1633 or 1634 / اسكندر منشي، 1560 or 1561-1633 or 1634
- Date:
- 1760-1800
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 472] p. (21 lines), bound ; 36 cm.
- Note:
- Title from f. 4a.
Page 3 of flyleaf contains an English transliteration of title and author's name.
Ms. in nastalīq on glazed paper. 35.8 x 21.8 cm. Headings, keywords, and overlinings in red ink. Catchwords. Few marginal notations in Persian; many notations in English done in pencil in a modern hand. Text area framed in ruled blue and red lines. New endpapers have been added.
Paper is glazed, laid stock. Probably handmade. Some discloration at edges. Slightly acidic. Some minor insect damage.
Binding is brown leather; spine is modern repair; covers have fillets with inlaid blind stamped white leather border 0.5 cm wide. Centers have white inlaid mandorlas and tulip designs flanking top and bottom. Also white cover pieces, all done with blind stamped floral designs.
ELS 9. Gift of Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930605183506421
- Holding Institution:
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