RAS Persian 182A. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Nuzhat al-Qulub by Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī, fl. 1330-1340
Title: Nuzhat al-Qulub.
The initial entry is in ink in the Library copy of Codrington. On brown paper. Initial and final folios repaired. Bound at the front of the MS are a number of pages of more recent date containing a list of contents. Inside front cover, armorial bookplate of Sir Henry Miers Elliot, K.C.B. Headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Incipit:
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for Codrington/Reade No 182.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Dimensions (leaf): 12 × 8.5 in.
Layout
22 lines to a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
European half-leather binding, green, with marbled-paper boards.
History
Origin: May be 16th-century or earlier.
Provenance and Acquisition
Provenance: Sir Henry Miers Elliot.
Availability
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