RAS Persian 244. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

F1a, stamp, the name entered in ink: Presented to the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY by Lt Col. C.J. Doyle. A manuscript of sumptuous quality. A panel of illumination above the opening of the text, smaller ones on last two folios, headings in white on gold. Elaborate borders many based on stencils. Six miniatures and one tinted drawing. For the miniatures, marginal decoration and illumination see B.W. Robinson, Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society, pp. 59-61. Entered in the Donations Register for 15 March 1834. No 6 in list of Persian MSS. Here, and for long afterwords, wrongly identified as the Khusrau wa Shirin of Nizami. The correct attribution is supplied in pencil by B.W. R[obinson] on the Library copy of Codrington.

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