V. 71 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: يوسف و زلیخا A modern copy of the Yusuf u Zalikha of Firdawsí, presented to Professor Browne on February 22, 1924, by Sayyid Hasan Taqí-záda, whose letter is enclosed. This MS. omits vv. 1-130 in Ethé's edition, and begins: نشسته یکی روز اندوهناك بكنج غم از درد دل چاك چاك The next passage (ff. 1-4) includes the section headed in Ethé's edition گفتار اندر یاد کردن سبب این قصه (v. 169-250), though the version given in the present MS. is almost entirely different in form. As Taqí-záda remarks in his letter, this section on the origin of the poem is wanting in most copies and occurs in one only of the five MSS. used by Ethé, viz., the Bland codex = No. 200 in Rieu, B.M.P.C. (Suppl.). Then comes an account of the revelation of the سورة یوسوف (Ethé, vv. 131- 168), illustrated with a miniature (f. 5a) in which four figures (three of them veiled) -apparently the Prophet, 'Ali, Hasan and Husayn- are depicted sitting together, while angels descend from above. The passage headed اغاز داستان (f. 6-7³) corresponds to vv. 319-336 in Ethé's edition, and is followed by the story of the birth of Jacob. Ff. 229 of 20'8 x 13'3 c. and 15 ll. Good ta'liq with illuminated headings and borders. Written for Amir Muhammad Husayn by Ibn Muhammad Rizá Muhammad Hasan اغ اولی, and dated 10 Rajab, 1242/7 February, 1827. A loose half-page, richly gilded, which accompanies the MS., contains the opening verses of the Sháhnáma.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 229
Dimensions: 20.8 × 13.3 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Good ta'liq with illuminated headings and borders.
History
Origin: 1242 AH; 1827 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented to Professor Browne on February 22, 1924, by Sayyid Ḥasan Taqīʹzādah(1878-1969), whose letter is enclosed.
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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