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Sofa
(Dīvān)

Title	Sofa
Title Original	Dīvān
Author	Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century. Author info »
Author Original	Khidr, Muzaffar Haggi.
Subject	Persian poetry > Early works to 1800.
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 volume (110 leaves).
Library:	The Cornell University Library
Record ID	7934702
Library Location	Cornell University Library
Sample Text	Manuscript collection of poems, arranged alphabetically by first line, with glosses in the margins. Copied by Muzaffar Haggi Khidr al-Suduri (named in colophon). Bound in full morocco with inlaid emblem in the center of each cover (emblem on back cover is lacking).
Biyografik/Tarihsel not	Major Persian poet. Hafez's poems appear in many manuscript sources, ranging from anthologies and other works to redactions bearing the title "divān." There are thought to be at least 1,000 known manuscripts of the Divān in Iran and other parts of the world, and perhaps two or three times that many that are as yet unknown (Matini, page 600); there is no doubt that many have disappeared.

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Sofa

(Dīvān)

Author Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century. Author info »

Author Original Khidr, Muzaffar Haggi.

Subject Persian poetry > Early works to 1800.

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 volume (110 leaves).

Library The Cornell University Library

Record ID 7934702

Library Location Cornell University Library

Sample Text Manuscript collection of poems, arranged alphabetically by first line, with glosses in the margins. Copied by Muzaffar Haggi Khidr al-Suduri (named in colophon). Bound in full morocco with inlaid emblem in the center of each cover (emblem on back cover is lacking).

Biyografik/Tarihsel not Major Persian poet. Hafez's poems appear in many manuscript sources, ranging from anthologies and other works to redactions bearing the title "divān." There are thought to be at least 1,000 known manuscripts of the Divān in Iran and other parts of the world, and perhaps two or three times that many that are as yet unknown (Matini, page 600); there is no doubt that many have disappeared.