Author
ʻInāyat Allāh, -approximately 1671. Inayat Allah, -approximately 1671.
Author Original
عناية الله،
Subject
Tales > India > Early works to 1800. Persian literature > 1500-1796. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
451 leaves : paper ; 240 x 150 (180 x 100) mm, bound to 235 x 155 mm manuscript.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
14649864
Library Location
Online
Notes
Manuscript codex. Title from added title (f. 1r). Layout: 13 long lines; catchwords every verso. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Rubrications in red, some missing. Origin: Item is undated; probably copied in the 18th century in India. Shelfmark: MS Or 374. Effaced owner's statement (f. 451v); partially removed bookplate with the initials MLP [?] (inside back cover). Gift of Alexander Isaac Cotheal. Bound in red leather over pasteboard with flap; blind stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis, four thin, radial lines and frame made up of blind tooled dots.
Sample Text
Collection of romantic tales in Persian derived from Indian sources. Large areas of text pasted over between f. 405 and 414.
Erişim ve Kullanım
Digital version available with no restrictions
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Cotheal, Alexander Isaac, 1804-1894, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Köken
Formerly owned by Alexander Isaac Cotheal (stamp f. 2r, 451v, second to last flyleaf verso).
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1149063532
