Z. 9 (Old Library, Jesus College, Cambridge)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous manuscript bearing the English title: Miscellaneous Persian Poetry ＆Prose, Extracts from Poems ＆Forms of Commissions, Deeds, etc.
1. ff. 4v-5r
Title: Poem
Incipit: The first hemistich in f. 4v reads: در طريق عاشقی آز رزمی بايد كشيد
Language(s): Persian
References
2. ff. 6v-35r
Title: Sāqī'nāmah
Title: ساقی نامه
Title: Extracts from the work
Incipit: The first verse in f. 6v reads: ثنا میكنم ایزد پاك را ثریا ده طارم تاك را
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: other
Support: Oriental paper
Extent: 156 ff. [57 of them blank]
Dimensions (leaf): 23,8
Dimensions (written):
Foliation: Foliation supplied by the cataloguer
Collation
Due to the tight modern binding it is not possible to describe the collation of the quires
Catchwords in each verso from ff. 6b-34b
Condition
Good condition
Layout
Hand(s)
Nastaʿlīq, black ink
Decoration
Binding
Modern binding in red leather with flap
Wax seal attached to f. 98v
History
Origin: 1118 ca. AH; 1707 ca. CE
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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