RAS Persian 292. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
Inside front cover, slip, the name printed: Presented by Sir George Staunton Bart. Feb 7. 1824. [At present, loose in this MS is a gathering of Ma'sum's History of Sind. It needs to be checked if this belongs to Codrington/Reade No 70 in Box 35.] Ruled margins and dividing panels. Headings in red. Initial opening of each of the six sections rather crudely illuminated.
References
Physical Description
Layout
17 lines to the page in four columns
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq
Binding
Limp brown leather Indian binding with stamped and tooled decoration.
History
Availability
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