RAS Persian 280. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

1 copy of Yusuf u Zulaikha by Jāmī, 1414-1492

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامى، عبد الرحمن

Defective at end. Many pages remargined. F1a: Largely undecipherable note, written as a memento, dated 1059 (1649-50). Ruled margins and dividing panels. Headings in red and yellow. Illuminated panel over beginning of text. A number of spaces left empty for miniatures.

Incipit: Ilahi ghunchah-i ummid binmay

Language(s): Persian.

References

As for Codrington/Reade No 276.

General Gordon's bequest of books and Turkish, Perian and Arabic manuscripts is mentioned, without details in the donations register under November 6 1841. The bequest is mentioned in J.R.A.S., vii, 1843, Annual Report, p. x, and the manuscripts are briefly listed in the Proceedings, pp. xxx-xxxi.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 150 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 9.5

Layout

15 lines to the page in double column

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq.

Binding

Front flyleaf, recto, evidently moved from previous binding: armorial bookplate of Gordon of Buthlaw. Blue cloth binding, from the Carneqie Trust U.K. Grant 1929.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Provenance: General Thomas Gordon (of Buthlaw).

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