Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 272

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DS ID:

DS6575

Shelfmark:

MS Or 272

Title:

Laylī va Majnūn

Author:

Maktabī Shīrāzī, -1510 or 1511 / مظتبى شيرازى، -1510 يا 1511

Maktabi Shirazi WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Kirmānī, Muḥammad Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Rafīʻ / كرماني، محمد جعفر بن محمد رفيع

Muḥammad Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Rafīʻ Kirmānī WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

1820 or 1821.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (44 unnumbered leaves) : paper

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 13 lines in two columns; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock border ruled in pink and blue with page-opening ruled in pink. Interlinear gold wash to resemble cloudbands probably added by a later hand; it partially obscures the titles in some instances. Titles in red.
Origin: Item is dated 1236 AH and was copied by Muḥammad Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Rafīʻ Kirmānī (f. 43r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 272.
Formerly owned by George Arthur Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

blind-tooled (decoration)

manuscripts (documents)

codices (bound manuscripts)

poems

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230893

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230893_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library