Persian MS 866 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Bayān al-nawm va al-sir va al-z̤amīr by Tiflīsī, Ḥubaysh ibn Ibrāhīm
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 347 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 25.9 × 17 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
copied by Sirāj al-Dīn Māvarā al-Nahrī
Decoration
Illuminated unwan
History
Origin: 808 AH (1405 CE)
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands, on behalf of the John Rylands Library, in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description based on an index created by Reza Navabpour circa 1993. Identification of provenance based on manuscript catalogue by Michael Kerney, circa 1890s.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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