Persian MS 877 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
Written in 1 column with 15 to 17 lines per page. Ruled with a misṭarah hand guide.
Hand(s)
Written in hasty black nasta‘līq with shikastah ligatures.
Bookplates: The left pastedown: ‘Bibliotheca Lindesiana’ with pencilled shelfmark ‘2/J’ and , with the name and number crossed out and ‘Persian MSS No. 83’ and ‘123’ written aside.
Binding
Probably bound in Rajasthansoon after completion.
Handle binding with caution.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
While the circumstances under which this volume arrived in Britain remain unclear, Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) eventually acquire it from an unidentified source for his Bibliotheca Lindesiana at Haigh Hall, Wigan.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913).
Bequeathed by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1908 to the John Rylands Library, Manchester.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description based on an index created by Reza Navabpour circa 1993, derived from a manuscript catalogue by Michael Kerney, circa 1890s, concisely published as Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, 1898.
Manuscript description by Jake Benson in 2024.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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