Publication Date
[17--?]
Subject
Dream interpretation—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
116
Physical Dimensions
116 leaves : paper ; 209 x 159 (159 x 100) mm. bound to 209 x 161 mm.
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
711903951
Record ID
9964808493506421
Date
[17--?]
Notes
Ms. codex.Title from fol. 3a.Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on blue and tan glazed, laid European paper. Headings in red or overlined in red; keywords overlined in red. Catchwords; some marginal notes. Arabic quotations in naskh. Damp staining around margins. Slight insect damage on first few folios. About 3/4 of fol. 12 is torn away.Incipit: سپاس بىحد و ثناى بىعد مر خداوندى که جمد ذرات کاىنات از قدرتش در وجود آمدند ... - Limp black leather with simple tooled ornament; slight insect damage. - A manual of dream interpretation in 99 bāb. Sources listed on fol. 2b-3a include the work of Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, Kitāb Dānyāl, the book of Imām Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq, and others. On fol. 1b-2a, notes and poetical quotations. Apparently not the same as Storey, Persian literature, II, 470 (2).
Dil Notu
Persian.
Kaynak
Owner's stamp of Muḥammad Muḥsinī on fol. 80a. Smudged owner's stamps on fol. 89b. Owner's stamp on fol. 115b.
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Rare Books, 2011/04/08 (2001-91).
