Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 809

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13665

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 809

Title:

Rawz̤āt al-jannāt fī awṣāf-i madīnat al-Harāt

Author:

Isfizārī, Muḥammad, active 15th century / اسفزارى، محمد، active 15th century

Muḥammad Isfizārī WIKIDATA

Date:

1537?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 251 leaves : paper ; 208 x 128 (132 x 81) mm. bound to 210 x 142 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from text on fol. 1a; alternate title added by a later hand in upper margin.
Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper dyed different colors. Text framed in blue and gold. Rubrication; catchwords added by a later hand. A few marginal notes. Many leaves are loose, including fol. 28 which is also partially torn away. Some damp staining and numerous paper repairs; edges ragged. Some leaves appear to have been...
Origin: According to colophon by a later hand, this copy was completed in 944 H [1537 or 8] (fol. 251). According to Storey the original text was written in 897 [1491 or 2].

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Afghanistan--Herat

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9969937643506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University