MS. Elliott 161 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
Contents
An illustrated copy of Hātifī's Haft Manẓar.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 92
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Shāh Muḥammad Nīshāpūrī
Decoration
Illuminated frontispiece. Pages sprinkled with gold. 8 miniature paintings.
Binding
History
Origin: 10th Ramaḍān 946 AH; 19th January 1540 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley.
The collections of John Bardoe Elliott.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.
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 1889-1953
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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