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1 copy of Ruqʻāt-i Jāmī by Jāmī, 1414-1492

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492

Title: Ruqʻāt-i Jāmī

Front flyleaf, verso: Presented by the Revd.Dr Macbride Nov 4. 1826. Inside front cover: armorial bookplate (of Macbride?) with motto 'Confido'. Letters of the poet Jami. Headings and punctuation in red, but only in the earlier part. Later headings are left blank.

Incipit: Ba'd az insha'i saha'if-i thana wa mahmadat

Language(s): Persian.

References

Ethe No 1387.

For the gift see Donations Register for November 4 1826.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 54 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 8.75

Layout

17 lines to the page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq.

Binding

Brown leather Indian binding with stamped decoration.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Dr John David Macbride.

Availability

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