Publication Date
1800
Subject
Persian prose literature. Romances, Persian. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
Document
Language
eng,fas
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
ii, 111, i leaves : paper ; 224 x 182 (185 x 137) mm, bound to 227 x 184 x 21 mm manuscript
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Library Asset ID
Call Number: MS X892.8 Ad9
Record ID
14634253
Library Location
Online
Date
1800
Notes
Manuscript codex. Title from inscription (f. 1r). Layout: 8 to 9 long lines. Script: Written in large nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Origin: The item is undated, but an owner's note places it before 1853. Likely copied in the 19th century. Shelfmark: X892.8 Ad9. Inscription: "Wm. W. Turner, Esq.-- from his Friend Ch[...] Wexford -- NYork 1853 -- and to his Friend -- Alexander I. Coltheal -- from W.W. Turner" (flyleaf verso at back of book). Also available as a digital facsimile. Gift of Alexander I. Cotheal (library bookplate inside front cover). Red leather over pulpboard with faint gold-tooled (now greenish) frame of parallel lines; plain paper doublure.
Sample Text
Persian-learner's copy of the story. In some sections, the story appears on rectos, and glosser terms in Persian and English appear on the facing verso (f. 1v-9v); in other sections, the story appears on both recto and verso, with vocabulary items annotated in English in the margin (f. 46-113).
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Cotheal, Alexander Isaac, 1804-1894, former owner, donor. Turner, William W. (William Wadden), 1810-1859, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Köken
Given by Ch[...] Wexford to William W. Turner in 1853 and then to Alexander I. Cotheal (note in pencil, back flyleaf verso). Formerly owned by Alexander I. Cotheal (stamp, f. 1r)
Tekdüzen Başlık
Qiṣṣah-i Ḥātim Ṭāʼī (Romance) قصه حاتم طائى (Romance)
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1144966996
