RAS Persian 306. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i Najīb
Probably written by Najib al-Din Jurbadaqani. To check. First half of the initial opening missing. Ruled margins and dividing panels. One half of illuminated initial opening survives. Paper tinted various colours. In the colophon the work is given the title Diwan Najib al-Din,
Physical Description
Layout
14 lines to the page in double column
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Recent brown morocco European binding with flap. Held in blue card case with a slot holding the previous paper cover and samples of materials removed in the repairs and used for them.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Given by 'a subscriber, as noted in the Donations Register for 18 May 1833. Omitted from Morley's list of donors. There is nothing obvious on the MS itself.
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