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Kitāb-i Gulshan-i rāz, [late 18th or 19th century?]. Golshan Raz book [end of 18th century or 19th century?].
( کتاب گلشن راز پایان قرن یا قرن م؟)

Title	Kitāb-i Gulshan-i rāz, [late 18th or 19th century?]. Golshan Raz book [end of 18th century or 19th century?].
Title Original	کتاب گلشن راز پایان قرن یا قرن م؟
Author	Shabistarī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -approximately 1320. Shabistarī, Mahmoud ibn Abd al-Karim.
Author Original	شبسترى محمود بن عبد الكريم
Publication Date:	1780
Subject	Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Masnavis, Persian > Early works to 1800. Persian poetry > 747-1500. Sufi poetry, Persian > Early works to 1800.
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	50 leaves : paper ; 159 x 1104 (121 x 57) mm. bound to 162 x 104 mm.
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Record ID	ht006813674
Library Location	Online
Date	1780
Notes	Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 311 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper would suggest late 18th or 19th century. Former shelfmark: "364 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1). Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather now with tan leather over spine and edges/turn-ins (leather faced and edged framed binding formed by turned-out doublures) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in red-brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with now green onlays) scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and pendants, as well as a tooled border framing central area and over edging ; sewn in light red thread, six stations incorporating primaries ; worked chevron endbands in light red and spring green, fair condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. though ill-fitting (too tall, etc.). Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct and straight) and no chain lines visible, quite crisp, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, off-white to gray in color. Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame consisting of red, turquoise, and gold bands with outermost blue rule, columns within and outer margin defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; section headings rubricated. Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand ; freely ligatured, with effect of words descending to baseline, elongated 'horizontal' strokes, etc. Layout: Written in 21 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled. Collation: 6 IV(48), I (50) ; quaternions followed by a single bifolium ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: "بنام خویش کردم ختم پایان الهی عاقبت محمود گردان پند ... به کس مپسند آنچت نیست درخور مسلمانی همین است ای برادر م م م م م م م م م م م م م" Incipit: "بنام آنكه جان را فكرت آموخت چراغ دل بنور حكمت افروخت ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1). Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.
Sample Text	Fine copy of the Gulshān-i Rāz, the well-known Ṣūfī mas̲navī of Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Shabistarī (d. ca. 1320).
İçinde	Abdul Hamid Collection.
Köken	Inscription in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) "364 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" ; partially effaced inscription on verso of final leaf (p.100) ; relatively clean copy.
Kaynaklar	Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.608 f.
Tekdüzen Başlık	Gulshan-i Rāz گلشن راز
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194842105

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Kitāb-i Gulshan-i rāz, [late 18th or 19th century?]. Golshan Raz book [end of 18th century or 19th century?].

( کتاب گلشن راز پایان قرن یا قرن م؟)

Author Shabistarī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -approximately 1320. Shabistarī, Mahmoud ibn Abd al-Karim.

Author Original شبسترى محمود بن عبد الكريم

Publication Date 1780

Subject Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Masnavis, Persian > Early works to 1800. Persian poetry > 747-1500. Sufi poetry, Persian > Early works to 1800.

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 50 leaves : paper ; 159 x 1104 (121 x 57) mm. bound to 162 x 104 mm.

Library Columbia University Libraries

Record ID ht006813674

Library Location Online

Date 1780

Notes Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 311 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper would suggest late 18th or 19th century. Former shelfmark: "364 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1). Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather now with tan leather over spine and edges/turn-ins (leather faced and edged framed binding formed by turned-out doublures) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in red-brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with now green onlays) scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and pendants, as well as a tooled border framing central area and over edging ; sewn in light red thread, six stations incorporating primaries ; worked chevron endbands in light red and spring green, fair condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. though ill-fitting (too tall, etc.). Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct and straight) and no chain lines visible, quite crisp, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, off-white to gray in color. Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame consisting of red, turquoise, and gold bands with outermost blue rule, columns within and outer margin defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; section headings rubricated. Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand ; freely ligatured, with effect of words descending to baseline, elongated 'horizontal' strokes, etc. Layout: Written in 21 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled. Collation: 6 IV(48), I (50) ; quaternions followed by a single bifolium ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: "بنام خویش کردم ختم پایان الهی عاقبت محمود گردان پند ... به کس مپسند آنچت نیست درخور مسلمانی همین است ای برادر م م م م م م م م م م م م م" Incipit: "بنام آنكه جان را فكرت آموخت چراغ دل بنور حكمت افروخت ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1). Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.

Sample Text Fine copy of the Gulshān-i Rāz, the well-known Ṣūfī mas̲navī of Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Shabistarī (d. ca. 1320).

İçinde Abdul Hamid Collection.

Köken Inscription in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) "364 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" ; partially effaced inscription on verso of final leaf (p.100) ; relatively clean copy.

Kaynaklar Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.608 f.

Tekdüzen Başlık Gulshan-i Rāz گلشن راز

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194842105