University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 207

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DS ID:

DS759

Shelfmark:

CAJS Rar Ms 207

Title:

Kitāb-i Gulistān.

Author:

Saʻdī / سعدى

Saadi WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Juvaynī, Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh ibn Muḥammad Malikshāh / جويني، محمد بن ملكشاه بن محمد ملكشاه،

Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh ibn Muḥammad Malikshāh al-Juwaynī WIKIDATA

Date:

A.H. 916 (1510 or 1511)

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 112 leaves : paper, illumination ; 205 x 140 (150 x 90) mm bound to 205 x 150 mm +

Former Owner(s):

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Dark brown leather, cut smaller than the textblock and damaged along the bottom edge.
Origin: Copy complete in A.H. 916 (1510 or 1511 CE) by Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh ibn Muḥammad Malikshāh al-Juvaynī, from Khurasan (p. [227]).
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Ms. codex.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and red (p. [1]); rubrications in red.
Collation: Paper, 112; 1⁸ 2⁶ 3¹² 4¹⁰ 5¹² 6⁸ 7¹² 8⁶ 9-10⁸ 11⁶ 12¹⁰ 13⁶; no foliation. Catchwords each leaf, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines with occasional marginal notes.
Stamp (p. [226]).
Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.
Formerly held by the Nalima Library (note laid in manuscript).

Keyword:

Manuscripts

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts, Persian

codices (bound manuscripts)

Persian literature

747-1500

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9968531703503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3fb4wn3q/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania