RAS Storey Persian 5 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Laili wa Majnun by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Title: Laili wa Majnun.
Front flyleaf, recto: Đ2.0 0 Back flyleaf, verso: STOREY The well-known mathnawi of Nizami. Headings in red. Ruled margins. Illuminated panel above beginning of text.
Incipit: Ay nam-i tu bihtarin sar-aghaz
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, v (De Blois), pp. 363-409.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios
Dimensions (leaf): 11
Layout
21 lines to the page in four columns
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red and brown leather Eastern binding with stamped, tooled and painted decoration.
History
Availability
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