MS. Whinfield 77 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān.

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

References

BP 2589

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 127
Dimensions (leaf): 16.5 × 10.1 cm.

Layout

13 lines per page throughout.

Hand(s)

Script: Nastaʻlīq. Muʻīd

Decoration

Binding

History

Origin: Undated.

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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