RAS Ellis Persian 27 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Nigāristān by Juvaynī, Muʻīn al-Dīn, fl. 1334
Title: Nigāristān
Title: نگارستان
A work written in imitation of Sa'di's Gulistan
F1a: Signature of Ellis, dated 4.3.12., twice. Final folio, verso, in Ellis's hand: Quaritch 312/211. The first seven folios and the last are replacements. A collection of anecdotes, written in imitation of Sa'di's Gulistan. Headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Hamd u sipas mar khuda'i-ra kih azaliyyatash
Language(s): Persian.
References
Rieu, ii, pp. 754-5.
Ethe, No 755.
Another copy: Codrington/Reade No 352.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios
Dimensions (leaf):
Layout
20 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Brown leather binding, presumably Persian.
History
Origin: Presumably Iran. Presumably 19th century.
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