Persian MS 961 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
The dates provided in the colophon do not appear to compute correctly. For other redactions of this work, see Storey and Qasemi. The exact original version from which this abridgment derives awaits identification.
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
Hand(s)
Written in clear black nasta‘līq with red subheaders.
Inscriptions: Folio 1a describes the volume: ‘’
Binding
rebound in full buckram bookcloth by the Manchester firm Bramhall & Menzies.
The left board bears the emblem of the John Rylands Library blocked in gold.
Binding in good condition.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the John Rylands Library in March 1927 from Manchester bookseller J. E. Cornish.
Record Sources
Manuscript description by Jake Benson in 2023, with reference to the volume, an unpublished handlist, accession registers, and a Persian description of the volume published by Tawfiq Subhani in 1993.
Availability
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Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation
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