V. 12 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: مثنوی معنوی Another complete MS. of the Mathnawt, copied at Yazd in 1012/1603, and formerly in the possession of the late Professor Cowell, who thought highly of its accuracy. The MS. has been badly wormed, but has been carefully repaired, in the earlier part by Professor E. B. Cowell and Professor E. H. Palmer, and in the later part by the binder, Mr F. E. Stoakley of Green Street, Cambridge, to whom I entrusted its restoration. Professor Cowell appears, from a note at the beginning, to have bought it in 1850 from Messrs Allen and Co., from one of whose catalogues the printed slip describing it which is affixed to the opposite leaf is presumably taken. Under his signature is the following note in Professor Cowell's handwriting: "A well-written MS., but sadly worm-eaten. It has a good text, though occasionally abridged, and the scholia are very useful. E. B. C. "Written at Yazd A.H. 1012 (A.D. 1603). "The handwriting of the text and the notes appears to be the same, and in some places where the notes are numerous the lines of the text are much fewer than usual, as, e.g., fol. 56a in Book 1." Ff. 396 of 23'6 × 13'6 c. and 19 ll. (bayts) in the centre of the page and 32 ll. (16 bayts) in the margin. In the outer margin are many notes and glosses. Written in a small and legible ta'liq with rubrications, the marginal notes in a very minute hand, and dated in the colophon (on f. 394) Ramadán 27, 1012/Feb. 28, 1604. The scribe's name, except the first part, "Husayn ibn...," is illegible.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 396
Dimensions: 23.6 × 13.6 cm.
Layout
19 lines
32 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small and legible ta'liq with rubrications, the marginal notes in a very minute hand.
History
Origin: 1012 AH; 1603 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly in the possession of the late Professor Cowell . Bought in 1850 from Messrs Allen and Co.
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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