Supp. 5 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A Persian Almanac comprising a series of astrological tables for each month of the Muḥammadan year. Ff. 16 of 19'9 x 12'5 c. Written in a very small and neat nim-shikasta with rubrications and dated 1313/1895-6. This elegant little booklet was presented to Professor Browne on Feb. 2, 1912, by Hájjí Mírzá Yahyà of Dawlatábád, for whom see Persian Literature in Modern Times, pp. 225 and 307.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 16
Dimensions: 19.9 × 12.5 cm.
Hand(s)
Very small and neat nim-shikasta with rubrications
History
Origin: 1313 AH; 1895-6 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This elegant little booklet was presented to Professor Browne on Feb. 2, 1912, by Hájjí Mírzá Yahyà of Dawlatábád, for whom see Persian Literature in Modern Times, pp. 225 and 307.
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.
Availability
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