R.15.52 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī Shirāzī by Saʻdī
The complete works of Shaykh Saʻdī.
This copy contains many errors and omissions throughout the text, especially in the prose works.
A short essay on prefaces.
The first of the Five Assemblies (رساله دويم مجالس پنجگانه) .
The Second Assembly.
The Third Assembly.
The Fourth Assembly.
The Fifth Assembly.
The Question of the Minister of Finance. Text is written in the margin.
The Counsel of Ankīyānū.
Anecdote of King Shams al-Dīn, surnamed Tāzī Gū, or the Arabic Orator.
The Story of Sulṭān Ābāqā.
A series of moral stories in verse, in masnavī style. It consists of a preface and ten chapters. Written in margin of this folio.
Poems with verses alternating between Persian and Arabic.
References
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Beautifully written taʻlīq.
Decoration
Illuminated ʿunwāns
Numerous miniatures
History
Provenance and Acquisition
A note inserted at the beginning of the MS inidcates it was the property of Mr. Boddam of Trinity College.
Record Sources
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Trinity College Cambridge
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