V. 24 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: جام جم اوحدی A good, neatly written MS. of the Jam-i-Jam ("Cup of Jamshid ") of Awḥadi
of Marágha, who died about 738/1337-8. See my Persian Literature under Tartar
Dominion, pp. 141-146, where reference is made (p. 141, n. 2) to this MS. This MS., bought for £4. 10s. 0d. from J. J. Naaman on May 7, 1903, comprises
154 pp. of 24 x 14 c. and 15 ll., is written in a large, clear ta'liq between margins
ruled in blue and gold, and is dated Dhu'l-Hijja, 916/March, 1511. This may,
however, be the date of the original from which it was copied, as the present MS.
looks a good deal more modern.
of Marágha, who died about 738/1337-8. See my Persian Literature under Tartar
Dominion, pp. 141-146, where reference is made (p. 141, n. 2) to this MS. This MS., bought for £4. 10s. 0d. from J. J. Naaman on May 7, 1903, comprises
154 pp. of 24 x 14 c. and 15 ll., is written in a large, clear ta'liq between margins
ruled in blue and gold, and is dated Dhu'l-Hijja, 916/March, 1511. This may,
however, be the date of the original from which it was copied, as the present MS.
looks a good deal more modern.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 154
Dimensions: 24 × 14 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a large, clear ta'liq between margins ruled in blue and gold.
History
Origin: 916 AH; 1511 CE This may be the date of the original from which it was copied.
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., bought for £4. 10s. 0d. from J. J. Naaman on May 7, 1903.
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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