V. 22 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
and died about 778/1376. See my Persian Literature under Tartar Dominion,
pp. 260-271, where reference is made to the best studies of his life and works, and
pp. 296-298, where parallels between his poems and those of Háfiz are given. This MS. is undated, but the scribe gives his name (f. 125b) as "Háfiz of Shíráz"
(کتبه الفقیر الحقیر حافظ شیرازی)-not, of course, the great Háfiz. I bought it for 13s.
at the sale by auction, on June 5, 1890, of the Fiott-Hughes collection, when
many fine MSS. were disposed of at very low prices. I had an opportunity of
examining and cataloguing all these MSS. before the sale, for which my catalogue
was printed, and which I attended, noting the prices at which the MSS. were sold,
and acquiring a few which were knocked down at prices within my then available
means. Another of the MSS. I then acquired, which will be described immediately
under the class-mark V. 25, is in the same writing and bears the name of the same
scribe, with the addition of the date 869/1464-5. I only noticed this identity of
handwriting and of the scribe's name immediately before the sale. The two MSS.
are identical in form as well as script, but the effect of V. 25 being dated was to raise
its price to £3. 7s. 6d. Ff. 128 of 17'1 X 11'8 c. and 15 or 16 ll.; written in a curious, rather stilted
nasta'liq with rubrications.
Physical Description
Layout
15 or 16 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a curious, rather stilted nasta'liq with rubrications.
V. 25, is in the same writing as V. 22 and bears the name of the same scribe, with the addition of the date 869/1464-5.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought at the sale by auction, on June 5, 1890, of the Fiott-Hughes collection, when many fine MSS. were disposed of at very low prices. I had an opportunity of examining and cataloguing all these MSS. before the sale, for which my catalogue was printed, and which I attended, noting the prices at which the MSS. were sold, and acquiring a few which were knocked down at prices within my then available means.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
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