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Persian Manuscripts
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1 copy of Anvār-i Suhaylī by Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d. 1504 or 5
Title: Anvār-i Suhaylī
Incomplete at beginning, starting in the middle of the story of the owls and the crows. On watermarked European paper. Front flyleaf: a) signature of J? Luck? b) Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. A Persian reworking of the Kalilah wa Dimnah, itself based on a Sanskrit original.
Incipit: ... mizaj darad wa ma'ayib-i bi-ghayat wa maqabih-i bi-nihayat
Language(s): Persian.
References
Rieu, ii, pp. 755-6.
Ethe, No 757.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 158 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 9.25 × 7.25 in.
Condition
Some damage caused by white ants at end.
Layout
15 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Brown leather European-style binding with blind-tooled decoration.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by Sir John Malcolm.
Availability
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