S. 10 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: نصاب الصبيان A popular versified vocabulary entitled Niyabu's-Sibyán, giving the Persian
synonyms of common Arabic words, by Abú Nasr Faráhí, who wrote it in 617/
1220/1. See Rieu, B.M.P.C., p. 504, Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 2375, etc. Ff. 18 of 21'5 x 16 c. and 15 ll. Fair nasta'liq with rubrications, gold borders,
and coloured vignettes. Dated 1198/1783-4. The colophon is in Turkish.
synonyms of common Arabic words, by Abú Nasr Faráhí, who wrote it in 617/
1220/1. See Rieu, B.M.P.C., p. 504, Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 2375, etc. Ff. 18 of 21'5 x 16 c. and 15 ll. Fair nasta'liq with rubrications, gold borders,
and coloured vignettes. Dated 1198/1783-4. The colophon is in Turkish.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 18
Dimensions: 21.5 × 16 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Fair nasta'liq with rubrications, gold borders, and coloured vignettes.
History
Origin: 1198 AH; 1783-4 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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