Turkish MS 3 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Turkish Manuscripts
Contents
Begins and ends as in Levend's edition.
Physical Description
Layout
21 lines, 4 columns
Hand(s)
Small nastaʻlīq of high calligraphic standard.
Decoration
Timurid period illumination (including a decorative header with 'Kufic' style calligraphy on folio 1b, with two Herat style miniatures on folios 16b (a camp scene showing Laylá and Majnūn fainting) and 34a (Majnūn visited by the camel-rider).
Binding
Rebound in marbled boards with green leather backing.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley, first baronet, 1770-1844, and a summary description in English in his hand dated Hall Barn Park, 1838.
Formerly in the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803–1865), whose oriental manuscripts were sold after his death through Bernard Quaritch (1819–1899) in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880).
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913).
Bequeathed by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1908 to the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Availability
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