CODRINGTON/READE NO 34. KEPT SEPARATELY IN UN-NUMBERED BOX. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Rawdat al-Safa. Vol. II by Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498
Title: Rawdat al-Safa. Vol. II.
Flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. Part of the same work as Codrington/Reade No 29. Ruled margins. Headings in red.
Incipit: Incipit as Codrington/Reade No 32, but the first two folios are replacements.
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for Codrington/Reade No 29.
For Malcolm's gift see the Donations Register for 19 May 1827 and the Transactions for 1830, pp. xcix-c.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 709
Dimensions (leaf): 11.25
Layout
19 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red leather Oriental binding with silvered tooled panels.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by Sir John Malcolm.
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