Author
Sa'dī
Author Original
سعدى
Publication Date
1581
Publication Place
[Qazvīn] -
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
164 leaves : paper ; 210 x 140 (145 x 80) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194792210
Record ID
990068136600106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1581-1582
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from preface fol.5a., Incipit: "In the name of Khudavand Jan Afrin Hakim Sakhn in Zaban Afrin Khudavand Bakhshandeh Dasnir Karim Khattabakhsh and Bozsh Badir", Explicit: "Where is the trust in my country, I will provide it with a new product, I will not sell it, I will forgive you, I will be able to do it." Naamid", Colophon: "Scribal", triangular, reads: "The book was completed with the help of God, King Wahhab, at the hands of the poor, despicable, in need of the mercy of God, the Rich, the Mighty, in the months of the year 989 in the palace of the Qazvin Sultanate", Collation: 20 IV (160), II (164); chiefly quaternions with one binion; catchwords lacking; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing)., Layout: Written in 12 lines per page; single column of text, each line comprising a verse of poetry, with the two hemstitches of each verse divided by two thin, golden, bands., Script: Nasta'līq; single hand., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece on incipit page (fol.1b) consists of two rectangular panels; The lower panel contains an empty gold cartouche on a lapis lazuli field flanked by two palmettes and vegetable accents, dominant colors are gold, red, light blue, white; upper panel features a semi-circular piece protruding through the top of the panel, executed in gold, black, red, lapis lazuli, and reddish-brown and decorated with vegetable designs including gold vines and flowers in light blue, red, pink, and some yellow; Text is bordered by frame in red (reddish-orange), green, black, and gold; frame of incipit page adds light blue band and eliminates green band; Text of incipit and facing pages are decorated with gold cloud-bands; Text on all pages following the incipit and facing pages is set in a field of light blue flecked with gold; hemistiches are separated by two fine golden bands; Text partially rubricated with headings in red and yellow (or gold), now faded., Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally at roughly 8 laid lines per cm., chain lines running vertically and evenly spaced 30 mm. apart., Binding: Pasteboard (quite thin) covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); upper and lower covers bear a gold-tooled central crosshatched diamond figure with emanating vertical lines that evoke pendants; doubles covered in orange paper; Initial and final leaves covered in blue marbled paper; likely not the original binding since traces of a flap are found on fol.1a; in good condition., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.163b, copying completed in the year 989 [1581 or 1582] in Qazvīn., No ownership marks are visible, though they may have been covered with the sheets of marbled paper pasted onto the initial and final leaves of the codex; there are traces of one seal impression (completely faded) placed either on the incipit page (fol.1b) or on the recto of the same folio (now covered with marbled paper); possible former shelfmark on tail-edge of textblock., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 303
Sample Text
Fine copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features), Iran - Qazvīn
