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1 copy of the Diwan of Sa'di
Author: Saʻdī سعدىTitle: KulliyātTitle: كلياتThe collected poems of Sa'di.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم شکر و سپاس معبودی را جلت قدرته که آفرینندهColophon: وفقنا لاتمام بهذا الکتاب الموسوم بکلیات فی شهر محرم المحوم سنه ثمان وثلثین تسعمایهLanguage(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 445 ff.Layout
Hand(s)
Fine nasta'liq
Decoration
A fine example of an early Safavid manuscript with illuminations.
Illustrations on ff. 1b, 2a, 143b, 185a, 239a, 421a.
Binding
Original binding.
History
Origin: Muharram 938 AH; 1531 CEProvenance and Acquisition
This manuscript is part of a small collection of Islamic manuscripts held at Eton College Library, which are not part of the separate ‘Pote Collection’. (The Pote Collection was given in 1788 by Edward Ephraim Pote to Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge and is now held on loan at the Cambridge University Library).
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on M.S.Q. Fraser, Islamic manuscripts in the Eton College Library, 1996.Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Eton College
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