IO Islamic 4092 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Munazirah-yi tegh va qalam
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1 copy of Munāẓirah-'i tīgh va qalam by Qummī, Masʿūd
Mas̲navī on an allegorical debate between sword and pen, composed in 867/1462-3 according to a chronogram omitted from this copy
Illuminated with a highly refined ʿunvān (damaged) (f. 1v), and multicolour ruled margins; calligraphic nastaʿlīq of fluctuating quality; rubrics in white naskh over ornamented ʿunvāns
Scribe: Muḥammad Qivām
Not dated
Condition: brittle folios with gauze overlay; many folios detached; many catchwords cropped
Provenance: according to a letter inserted loosely, the ms was a gift of the National Art-Collections Fund, made by Hon. Secretaries, Sir Isidore Spielmann and Robert C Witt, to the India Office, 7 December 1917
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