ms. 40912 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of A calligrapher's manual in Persian, incomplete at the beginning and end and with numerous lacunae
Title: A calligrapher's manual in Persian, incomplete at the beginning and end and with numerous lacunae
The treatise deals with Persian, Turkish and Arabic grammar, calligraphy, modes of address, the use of verse in letter writing and rhetoric. Each line is written twice, first in ta'liq and then in nasta'liq. Written on gold sprinkled paper, with rubrications, onramental headings and ruled margins.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 245 f.
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Layout
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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