Author
Āz̲ar Baygdilī, Luṭf ʻAlī ibn Āqā Khān, 1721 or 1722-1780 or 1781.
Author Original
آذر بىگدلى، لطف على بن آقا خان،
Subject
Persian poetry > History and criticism > Early works to 1800. Persian poetry > Biography > Early works to 1800. Poets, Persian > Biography > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
244 leaves : paper ; 293 x 200 (250 x 145) mm, bound to 298 x 207 x 32 mm manuscript
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Library Asset ID
Call Number: MS X892.8 L977 O Q Folio
Record ID
15003420
Library Location
Online
Notes
Manuscript codex. Layout: Written in 25 lines in 1 to 4 columns, sometimes with a fifth outside, angled, marginal column. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq shikastah in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Rubrications in red. Origin: Item is undated, probably copied in the 19th century. Several stamps, some mostly erased (f. 1r, 2r, 89v) and notes (inside front cover, f. 1r); drawing of a horse (inside back cover). Shelfmark: X892.8 L977 O Q [Folio]. Also available as a digital facsimile. Gift of Professor A. Yohannan, Nov. 18, 1913 (note in pencil, f. 1r). Bound in brown leather with gilt stamped central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis; blind tooled frame.
Sample Text
Biographical dictionary of Persian poets with copious poetic quotations.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Yohannan, Abraham, 1853-1925, former owner, donor. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Köken
Formerly owned by Abraham Yohannan (note in pencil, f. 1r; library donor plate inside front cover).
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1199365314
