Or 11840 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Specimens of calligraphy by Various calligraphers
Title: Specimens of calligraphy
These specimens of calligraphy date mostly from the 18th century, but there is a leaf from a Kufic Qur’ān, a folio attributed to Yāqūt al-Musta‘ṣimī and another item dated 981
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 31.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 31 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 29.9 × 21.1 cm.
History
Origin: 981 AH
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
Availability
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