V. 43 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: سلسلة الذهب جامى Jámí's Silsilatu'dh-Dhahab, or "Chain of Gold," concerning which see my Persian Literature under Tartar Dominion, pp. 516-523. This MS. was bought with twelve others for £25 from J. J. Naaman in May, 1902. It comprises 301 ff. of 15'5 x 9'2 c. and 12 ll., was transcribed in 997/1589, and is written in a small, neat ta'liq with headings in red and blue between margins ruled in gold and colours. The first of the three Daftars, or Books, into which the poem is divided occupies ff. 2b-177a; the second ff. 177b-251a; and the third ff. 251b-301a.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 301
Dimensions: 15.5 × 9.2 cm.
Layout
12 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small, neat ta'liq with headings in red and blue between margins ruled in gold and colours.
History
Origin: 997 AH; 1589 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was bought with twelve others for £25 from J. J. Naaman in May, 1902.
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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Funding of Cataloguing
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