V. 69.b (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: شاهنامه فردوسی An imperfect copy of the Shahnama, comprising about five-eighths of the poem.
viz., from the beginning to the death of Rustam. The verse with which it concludes بدو دست بگرفت و پیچان سرش بدان تا که از مار سازد خورش corresponds to p. 1241, v. 1 in vol. III of Turner Macan's edition. This copy has the older Preface (see Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 860), the first part
of which, beginning سپاس و آفرین خدایرا که این جهان و آن جهان آفرید is supplied on the inner fly-leaf. The Preface ends on f. 3b and is followed by the
satire on Sultán Maḥmúd. The poem itself begins on f. 4b: بنام خداوند جان و خرد Ff. 393 of 34'4 x 21'5 c. and 25 ll., written in four columns. Good but rather
ungraceful nasta'liq. Blank spaces for pictures on ff, 8b, 19a, 20a, 30a, 31b, 41b, 43a
44a, 54b, 57a, 69b, 83a, 87b, 88b, 102b, 109a, 112a", 120, 133a, 141a, 143b, 154b, 160a,
162b, 183a, 190a, 204a, 209a, 219b, 227a, 243a, 255b, 271a, 294a, 295b, 305b, 307b, 320a,
338a, 350b, 371a, 388b, 392a.
viz., from the beginning to the death of Rustam. The verse with which it concludes بدو دست بگرفت و پیچان سرش بدان تا که از مار سازد خورش corresponds to p. 1241, v. 1 in vol. III of Turner Macan's edition. This copy has the older Preface (see Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 860), the first part
of which, beginning سپاس و آفرین خدایرا که این جهان و آن جهان آفرید is supplied on the inner fly-leaf. The Preface ends on f. 3b and is followed by the
satire on Sultán Maḥmúd. The poem itself begins on f. 4b: بنام خداوند جان و خرد Ff. 393 of 34'4 x 21'5 c. and 25 ll., written in four columns. Good but rather
ungraceful nasta'liq. Blank spaces for pictures on ff, 8b, 19a, 20a, 30a, 31b, 41b, 43a
44a, 54b, 57a, 69b, 83a, 87b, 88b, 102b, 109a, 112a", 120, 133a, 141a, 143b, 154b, 160a,
162b, 183a, 190a, 204a, 209a, 219b, 227a, 243a, 255b, 271a, 294a, 295b, 305b, 307b, 320a,
338a, 350b, 371a, 388b, 392a.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 393
Dimensions: 34.4 × 21.5 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
Good but rather ungraceful nasta'liq
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
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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