MS. Greaves 1 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Oriental Manuscripts Greaves Collection
Contents
An illustrated copy of Jāmī's Yūsuf u Zulaykhā.
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامىTitle: Yūsuf u ZulaykhāTitle: يوسف و زليخاLanguage(s): PersianContains 7 miniature paintings.
Language(s): PersianReferences
Robinson, pp. 140-41.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 154Dimensions (leaf):Dimensions (written):Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Excellent Nastaʻlīq.
Binding
Lacquer binding with images of flora and fauna.
History
Origin: ; Rabīʻ II 977. AH; September-October 1569. CEProvenance and Acquisition
The collections of John Greaves, d. 1652 and Thomas Greaves, d. 1676.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1678.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953Availability
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Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images - lacquer binding only)
Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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