Z. 10 (Old Library, Jesus College, Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: Collection of Persian verbs with their conjugations in four columns and the corresponding Urdu translation; f. 29, somehow bound together with the list of verbs, contains some verses in Persian

Author: anonymous

Title: Persian Grammar for Natives of Hindustan

Language(s): Persian

References

no. 1509

Physical Description

Form: other

Support: European paper

Extent: 42 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 15,2 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16,5 × 11,5 cm.

Foliation: Foliation supplied by the cataloguer

Collation

Due to the tight binding it is not possible to describe the collation of the quires

Ff. 10r-13v, ff. 22r-25v, and ff. 35r-38v are blank.

Condition

Good condition

Layout

4 columns, 14 lines per page

Hand(s)

Taʿlīq, black ink for the Persian and red for the Hindustani

Decoration

Binding

Binding in cardboard and leather with carved decoration

History

Origin: undated

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Jesus College

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