Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 146

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6542

Shelfmark:

MS Or 146

Title:

Tuḥfat al-mulūk

Author:

Kashfī, Jaʻfar ibn Abī Isḥāq, -1850 or 1851 / كشفي، جعفر بن ابي اسحاق، -1850 or 1851

Ja'far Kashfi WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

1818.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian translations and commentary with Arabic source-text

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 257 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 268 x 172 (200 x 110) mm, bound to 272 x 180 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: 21-22 long lines.
Script: Written in nasta'liq for Persian and naskh for Arabic.
Decoration: Rubrications in red. 17 larger illustrations about knowledge, chiefly in black and brown with some polychrome including green, orange, blue (f. 5v, 15v, 19r, 23v, 25v, 31v, 33r, 38r, 39r, 43v, 47r, 48v, 54r, 57v, 107v, 129r, 130r). Several leaves of tables in black (f. 152r, 190v-192v, 208v-213r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 146.
A leaf with a section of Jamī's poem Yūsuf va Zulaykhā was previously laid in with this manuscript; it has been removed and cataloged separately as MS Or 146a.
Origin: Copy completed in 1233 AH. (f. 362v).

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Persian

Islamic philosophy

Intellect--Religious aspects--Islam

Islamic ethics

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893200

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13893200_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library