Collection of choicest poems - Persian manuscript

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Collection of choicest poems - Persian manuscript

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Summary

Incomplete collection of poems.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from container.
Name of scribe not indicated
Written in Iran.
Paper; dark cream-colored laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text enclosed in narrow ruled border of black and gold; bismalah at head of text decorated in blue and gold panel; black ink; catchwords on rectos.
Nastaʻliq; 11 lines in written area 11.5 x 4.5 cm.
Fol. 16a, 17a, 18a, 21a, 25a, 26a and 28b have line drawings, some highlighted with gold, in the margins.
Fol. 1b-41b (incomplete).
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M104.
Modern brown leather binding.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Incipit: يا رب بسوز سينه زندان پاك باز ...
Explicit/Colophon: دل با فروغ [..]وى توز انها فراغ دا ...

date_range

Date

01/01/1600
place

Location

washington dc
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Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

Public Domain

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