P. 33 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: جواهر نامه Another MS. of the Jawahir-náma, or . Book of Gems," of Muhammad ibn Manşúr of Shíráz, one of 13 MSS. bought of J. J. Naaman for £25 in May, 1902. It is incomplete, ending with ch. xvii of the first Discourse, treating of Lapis Lazuli (Lájiward), but, as far as it goes, appears to correspond with P. 29 and P. 31 described above. The rubrications, indicating the beginnings of chapters and sections, have been inserted only in the first few pages, and are represented by blank spaces throughout the remainder of the MS. Ff. 56 of 19'2 x 117 C. and 13 ll.; small, neat ta'liq; no colophon or date. Ff. 54-56 contain notes on the Interpretation of Dreams, the Microcosm (from Sultán Walad's Áfáq wa-Anfus, etc.). The date 995/1587 occurs on f. 56.
2. ff. 54b-56b
Language(s): Persian
References
Some of the notes refer to the Āfāq wa-anfus آفاق وانفس of .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 56
Dimensions: 19.2 × 11.7 cm.
Layout
13 lines
Hand(s)
Small, neat ta'liq
History
Origin: 995 AH; 1587 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
One of 13 MSS. bought of J. J. Naaman for £25 in May, 1902
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
Availability
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