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1 copy of Mufarriḥ al-qulūb by Tāj al-Dīn ibn Muʿīn Malikī

Author: Tāj al-Dīn ibn Muʿīn Malikī تاج الدين بن معين ملكی

Title: Mufarriḥ al-qulūb

Title: مفرح القلوب

Incipit: حمدو سپاس‌ بيقياس‌ مر حضرت‌ شاهي‌ را كه‌ از جمله‌ بندگان‌ خويش‌ بشر مراتب اعلى داد

Language(s): Persian

References

no. 1230

Persian version of the Hitopadeśa हितोपदश , a collection of Indian fables written by Viṣṇuśarman

Physical Description

Form: other

Support: Oriental paper

Extent: 115 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 24,5 × 15,5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19,5 × 10,5 cm.

Foliation: Foliation supplied by the cataloguer

Collation

iv+3(11), iv(19), iv(27), iii(33), iv(41), iv(49), iv(57), iii(63), iv(71), iv(79), iv(87), iv(95), iv(103), iii(109), iii(115)

Condition

Good condition

Layout

12 lines per page

Hand(s)

Nastaʿlīq, black ink

Decoration

Rubrications in red ink

Additions:

F. 114v: 6 Persian verses with parallel English translation
F. 115r: transliteration of Persian poem in Latin script

Binding

Binding in brown leather

Both covers decorated with central carved lobe

History

Origin: undated AH

Provenance and Acquisition

The manuscript was the property of George Lewis, d. 1729, as stated in a seal bearing his name in Arabic characters and the date 1707

Presented by George Lewis, d. 1729

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Jesus College

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