Supp. 6 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Display:

E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: Forty-five unbound leaves, containing: (1) Ghazals of Háfiz, some with the rhyme-letters ا and ب, but mostly with the
rhyme-letter ت (ff. 1-16). (2) The Pand-náma of Shaykh Faridu'd-Din 'Attár (ff. 17-45), beginning:حمد بيحد آن خدای پاک را آنك ایمان داد مشتی خاک راThe last verse is در جوانی دار پیرانرا عزیزتا عزیز دیگران کردی تو نیز
which occurs near the end (Ch. LXXIV, p. 297) of De Sacy's French translation,
so that this copy of the poem would seem to be almost complete. Ff. 45 of 19'5×13'5 c. and 14 ll. and 22'2 × 15 c. and 16 ll. Many leaves are
torn and water-stained. Probably 17th or 18th century.

1. ff. 1a-16b

Author: Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent. حافظ شيرازی

Title: Ghazals

Language(s): Persian

2. ff. 17a-45b

Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 عطار، فريد الدين

Title: Pandnāmah

Title: پندنامه

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 45

Dimensions: 19.5 × 13.5 cm.

and

Dimensions: 22.2 × 15 cm.

Layout

14 lines

16 lines

Hand(s)

Not specified

History

Origin: undated

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.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact Cambridge University Library Admissions). Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

TO TOP