Author
Saʻdī, Saadi, Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Shīrāzī, active 1855, Muḥammad Husayn al-Shīrāzī,, Mīrzā Āqā Khān Nūrī, Naṣr Allāh, Iʻtimād al-Dawlah, Ṣadr-i Aʻẓam, 1806 or 1807-1864 or 1865, Mirza Agha Khan Nuri, Nasrallah, Etimad al-Dawlah, Sadr al-Azam, 1806 or 1807-1864 or 1865
Author Original
سعدى محمد حسين الشيرازى، ميرزا آقا خان نورى، نصر الله، اعتماد الدوله، صدر اعظم،
Publication Date
1855
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
150 leaves : paper ; 258 x 158 (160 x 76) mm. bound to 262 x 158 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194776240
Record ID
990068136670106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1855
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and closing matter on p.296., Incipit: "Praise be to God Almighty whose obedience brings you nearness...", Explicit: "The book of Golestan is finished with the blessing of Hazrat Subhan and Ho Al-Musta'an and Alaihi al-Taklan, know that in this book, as is the custom of the authors and authors, the poems of the predecessors were not combined in the form of metaphors... let the messengers of Balag be praised and that is enough". Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "... and bring their handwriting to teach the style of writing and every practice of the bad handwriting of this servant Jani Muhammad Hossein Al-Shirazi... Harare in the city of Shawwal year 1271", Collation: IV-1 (7), 19 II (83), IV-2 (89), 14 II (145), II+1 (150), i; almost exclusively binions; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, occasionally divided into two columns to set off verses; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq; large, elegant hand in a medium line; characteristically serifless, with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set just down in wide, angled bowl., Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah flanked by gold cartouches and surmounted by elongated w-shaped piece filled with delicate floral vegetal decoration in shades of pink, blue, green, red, and orange on grounds of dark blue and gold set in a well of gold, dark blue, bright green and red bands; brilliant illuminated marginal decoration (of floral motifs, saz leaves, etc. chiefly in gold with red, blue, orange, and black accents) completes the illuminated double-page opening (p.2-3); gold cloud-bands set off text on incipit and facing page; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame in bands of gold, light blue, red, and turquoise with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands; margin defined by red fillet flanked by black fillets; keywords and some headings rubricated., Support: Woven paper, dark cream to beige in color, well-burnished to glossy., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark gray leather (pebbled quality of shagreen); Type III binding (without flap); two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine); board linings in pink surface-dyed paper with stag leaping above pond (stag springing or salient, or even courant) watermark (see lower board lining); upper and lower covers carry gold-painted scalloped rectangular panel and frame; sewn in light pink thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in yellow and dark magenta, good condition; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion and staining, negative draw in upper cover, etc., Former shelfmark: "206 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper board lining; "16" on 'title page' (p.1)., Origin: As appears at close on p.298-299, copy executed for Iʻtimād al-Dawlah Mīrzā Āqā Khān Khwājah-ʼi Nūrī Ṣadr-i Aʻẓam (Itimād al-Dawlah ... Mirza Agha Khan Khwaja Nuri Sadr-e-Azam) by Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Shawwāl 1271 [June-July 1855] (most likely reading). Numeral ٢ now appears as ٠ though with evidence that some pigment has been lost., Inscription (unpointed) on 'title page' (p. 2) with title and name of copyist "Kolestan Khat Mirza Mohammad Hossein Shirazy"; clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 307
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Shīrāzī, active 1855, scribe., Mīrzā Āqā Khān Nūrī, Naṣr Allāh, Iʻtimād al-Dawlah, Ṣadr-i Aʻẓam, 1806 or 1807-1864 or 1865, patron, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Amanat, Abbas. "EʿTEMĀD-AL-DAWLA, ĀQĀ KHAN NŪRĪ , MĪRZĀ (1807-1865)." Encyclopædia Iranica. VIII/6, pp.658-662
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
