Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, X8928 Sa17

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6676

Shelfmark:

X8928 Sa17

Title:

Gulistān

Author:

Saʻdī / سعدى

Saadi WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

17-- or 18--

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 225 numbered pages : non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 202 x 131 (155 x 88) mm, bound to 206 x 137 x 22 mm

Former Owner(s):

Beijan, A., active 1921

A. Beijan WIKIDATA

Jackson, A. V. Williams 1862-1937

A. V. Williams Jackson WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 15 lines in long lines and two columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Polychrome and gold headpiece (f. 1v), textblock border-ruled in gold and blue; rubricatons in red; columns and some lines ruled in gold.
Origin: Item is undated, probably produced in the 17th or 18th century.
Shelfmark: X892.8 Sa17.
Gift from A. Beijan to A. V. W. Jackson in 1921 (inscription, flyleaf 1 recto at front of book).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Annotations

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Persian literature

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

747-1500

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14734763

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14734763_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library