University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1912
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- DS ID:
- DS30113
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1912
- Title:
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa / بهگوت پوران
- Place:
- India?
- Date:
- 18--?
- Language:
- Persian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 171 leaves : paper ; 245 x 155 (190 x 105) mm bound to 250 x 158 mm.
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Contemporary Hindu-Arabic numerals in ink, upper left recto (1-118, 8 unnumbered leaves, 1-40, 3 unnumbered leaves). Modern continuous foliation added in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords every verso, lower left. References in the record are to the modern foliation.
Layout: 15-19 long lines.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in at least two hands in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Binding: Half covers; brown leather spine and corners with blue-green marbled paper sides over pasteboard. Spine is cracked and missing pieces, fabric spine lining is clearly visible. Plain paper pastedowns.
Origin: Likely copied in India in the 19th century.
Acquired by the Penn Libraries, 1953. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9977459936903681
- Holding Institution:
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