Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 518

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13380

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 518

Title:

Sharḥ al-Ṣaḥīfah

Date:

16--?

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 256 leaves : paper ; 215 x 126 (140 x 78) mm. bound to 218 x 130 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fore edge.
On front cover: Label reading "453" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Some leaves dyed peach or lavender. Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in blue and gold, in poor condition. Text framed in red, gold, and blue on fol. 1b-7b; remainder of text framed in gold. Original text overlined in red; catchwords. Extensive water damage. Paper repairs to first and last few leaves...
On fol. 1a, owner's statements dated 10 Rajab 1122 H. [4 September 1710], Shaʻbān 1271 H. [April-May 1855], 1327 H. [1909 or 10], and 20 Muḥarram 1357 H. [22 March 1938].

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Islamic meditations

Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah (Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn)

Islam--Customs and practices

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9967813343506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University