Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1297

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13317

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1297

Title:

Maṭlaʻ al-anvār /

Author:

Yazdī, Muḥammad Bāqir Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn, active 17th century / ىزدى، محمد باقر زىن العابدىن، active 17th century

Muhammad Baqir Yazdi WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1629 and 1642

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 37 leaves : paper, ill. ; 177 x 116 (125-154 x 57-92) mm. bound to 177 x 120 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 2a.
On front cover: Labels reading "Khaṭṭ-i muṣannif," "133," and "Maṭlaʻ al-anvār" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in small nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; crossouts and marginal notes in the same hand. Diagrams and charts in red and black. Light staining; in excellent condition. After title and author on fol. 2a is the note "bi-khaṭṭihi al-sharīf."
On fol. 2b, seal dated 1061 H [1650 or 51]. On fol. 3a, seven owner's seals, one of which belongs to Muḥammad ʻAlam al-Hudá, descendant of the famous scholar Fayḍ al-Kāshī (1598 or 9-1680 or 81) [according to the note on fol. 2b]; as well as several notes, one of which is dated 1261 H [1845]. On fol. 34b, two seals and a note.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

autographs (manuscripts)

Qiblah

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9971281753506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University