CODRINGTON/READE NO 7. BOX 4. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Hindustani poetry and Hinduism
References
Physical Description
Layout
13 lines on a page
Decoration
Rubricated headings.
Red ruled margins.
- marginalia Inside front cover and flyleaf, recto: English notes giving description, numbers etc.
- marginalia Persian/Arabic notes, seemingly by original scribe, Ḥafīẓ Allāh حفيظ الله , whose name occurs in one of them.
- addition A verse attributed to Ḥāfiẓ
- details of copying The work is incomplete.
Binding
Oriental binding with flap, brown leather, partly covered with dark green paper Labels on spine a) leather : R.A.S. MS. CAT. 262; b) paper: Persian (5 deleted) 7.
Inside back cover Armorial bookplate of Sir Chas. Warre Malet.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented to the Oriental Translation Fund by Sir Arthur Malet, Bart.. Arthur Malet was the son of Sir Charles Malet, Bart. Both are noted in Buckland's Dictionary of Indian Biography, but Buckland does not credit Arthur with the baronetcy.
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