V. 25 (University Library, Cambridge University)
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E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: دیوان خواجوی کرمانی The Diwán of Khwájú of Kirmán, who died about 742/1341-2. See my Persian
Literature under Tartar Dominion, pp. 222-229, and references there given. This MS., bought at the auction of the Fiott-Hughes MSS. (No. 75 of the
Catalogue) on June 5, 1890, for £3. 7s. 6d., as already mentioned above in the article
on V. 22, comprises 155 ff. of 17'6 x 13'2 c. and 15 ll., and is written in the same
curious, angular nasta'liq as its companion volume, V. 22, but has the fuller colophon on 152: كتبه الفقير الحقير المحتاج الى رحمة الله تعالی درویش حافظ شیرازی غفر الله له ولجميع 179المسلمين سنه The total number of verses is given as 4000.Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: Ff. 155Dimensions: 17.6 × 13.2 cm.Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Curious,angular nasta'liq.
V. 25, is in the same writing and bears the name of the same scribe, with the addition of the date 869/1464-5.
History
Origin: 869 AH; 1469 CEProvenance and Acquisition
This MS., bought at the auction of the Fiott-HughesMSS. (No. 75 of the Catalogue) on June 5, 1890, for £3. 7s. 6d., as already mentioned above in the article on V. 22
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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