Persian MS 929 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Physical Description
Foliated in pencilled Arabic numerals on the upper-left corners of the a sides.
Collation
Condition
Layout
Written in 1 columns with 29 lines per page. Ruled with a misṭarah hand guide.
Hand(s)
Written in nasta‘līq script in black with headers in red.
Binding
Possibly rebound in India in European syle, in full polished crimson goatskin leather, with cream-coloured wove paper endpapers.
Blind-tooled with a foliate scrollwork decorative roll along the board perimeters. Spine panels blind-palleted with double fillet lines.
279 × 170 × 35 mm.
Handle with extreme caution. In poor condition, with exterior abraded and peeling, frayed headcaps. Boxed.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Evidently acquired as an isolated purchase by Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) in 1866.
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.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description based on an index created by Reza Navabpour circa 1993, derived from a manuscript catalogue by Michael Kerney, circa 1890s and his Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, 1898.
Manuscript description by Jake Benson in 2021 with reference to the volume in hand.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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