Or 11920 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of Mas̲navī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī

Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī جلال الدین رومی
Title: Mas̲navī
Title: مثنوی
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 74.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 363 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 30.2 × 20.9 cm.

History

Origin: 11 Rabiʻ II 983 AH

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed to the British Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,July 1949. Transferred to the British Library in 1973.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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