MS 261-1949 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Summary of Contents: A copy of the Būstān by Saʻdī
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 133 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 265 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 132 × 77 mm.
Layout
The text is written in 2 columns, 12 lines to a page.
Hand(s)
Decoration
Each text block is tinted red , and is set within rules of blue, gold and green.
There are 17 paintings, all with borders of landscapes and figures drawn in gold and added in the 16th century.
Sealmarks are present at the beginning, end and throughout the manuscript.
History
Origin: 911
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,1948.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Francis Wormald and Phyllis M. Giles "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)", Cambridge University Press, 1982; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.
Availability
The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.
Funding of Cataloguing
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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