Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 589

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13869

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 589

Title:

Kitāb-i Alif bāʾ fārisī va turkī va ʻarabī bijihat-i taʻlīm-i zabān-i Islāmī /

Author:

Lā̄lām, Yūsuf Ibn Mālik / لالام، يوسف ابن مالك

Yūsuf Ibn Mālik Lā̄lām WIKIDATA

Place:

Tʻbilisi

Tbilisi TGN

Date:

1836

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 37 leaves : paper ; 204 x 163 (154 x 109) mm. bound to 208 x 166 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Physical description: Written in naskhi/nastaʻliq scripts in black on white paper. Rubrication; text framed in gold. Illuminated header in gold on fol. 5b. Text is preceded by a preface on fol. 1b-3b and index on fol. 4a-5a. Loose leaf inserted after front cover explains how the author brought the manuscript to missionaries. Holograph.
Collation: fol. iv + 33 (paginated 1-62).
Origin: Written by the author in 1252 AH/1836 AD in Tbilisi (fol. 1b).
Inscribed "Presented by Rev. James L. Merrick"--in ink, on last leaf recto.

Keyword:

autographs (manuscripts)

Alphabet books

Manuscripts, Arabic

Arabic alphabet

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9946170653506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University