MS. Whinfield 44 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān with the same author's Būstān in the margins.

Centre column.
Author: Saʻdī سعدى شيرازی
Title: Gulistān
Title: گلستان
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2584
Margin columns.
Author: Saʻdī سعدى شيرازی
Title: Būstān
Title: بوستان
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2584

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 138
Dimensions (leaf): 22.2 × 12.7 cm.

Layout

Centre column 15 lines per page throughout. Margins 32 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

Decoration

Binding

History

Origin: ; Undated but probably 12th century. AH; Undated but probably 18th century. CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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