V. 39 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: دیوان ریاضی The Diwan of the Persian poet Riyádí of Samarqand, who died about 884/1479
-80. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 1074. The ghazal which comes first in the
British Museum MS. occurs on f. 8b in this MS., which begins: صنع او آندم که نقش گنبد افلاك بست ،نامه حيرت ببال طاير ادراك بست
This MS., which I appear to have bought in Constantinople for 15 piastres,
comprises only 29 ff. of 16 x 11'6 c. and 11 ll., is written in good, clear ta'liq, and
lacks date and colophon.
-80. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 1074. The ghazal which comes first in the
British Museum MS. occurs on f. 8b in this MS., which begins: صنع او آندم که نقش گنبد افلاك بست ،نامه حيرت ببال طاير ادراك بست
This MS., which I appear to have bought in Constantinople for 15 piastres,
comprises only 29 ff. of 16 x 11'6 c. and 11 ll., is written in good, clear ta'liq, and
lacks date and colophon.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 29
Dimensions: 16 × 11.6 cm.
Layout
11 lines
Hand(s)
Good, clear ta'liq
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
I appear to have bought in Constantinople for 15 piastres
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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