Publication Date
1800
Subject
Manuscripts, Persian. Romances, Persian. Persian prose literature.
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
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
Record ID
ht102811763
Library Location
Online
Date
1800
Notes
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). Shelfmark: X892.8 Ad9. Origin: The item is undated, but an owner's note places it before 1853. Likely copied in the 19th century. Script: Written in large nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Layout: 8 to 9 long lines. Title from inscription (f. 1r). Manuscript codex. 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).
Erişim ve Kullanım
Digital version available with no restrictions
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Turner, William W. (William Wadden), 1810-1859, former owner. Cotheal, Alexander Isaac, 1804-1894, former owner, donor. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Köken
Formerly owned by Alexander I. Cotheal (stamp, f. 1r). Given by Ch[...] Wexford to William W. Turner in 1853 and then to Alexander I. Cotheal (note in pencil, back flyleaf verso).
Tekdüzen Başlık
Qiṣṣah-i Ḥātim Ṭāʼī (Romance) قصه حاتم طائى (Romance)
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1149541138
