Essay Herkern, [end of 17th century or beginning of 18th century?].
(انشا هركرن پاىان قرن م ىا آغاز قرن م؟)

Name: Essay Herkern, [end of 17th century or beginning of 18th century?].
Author: Harkern bin Metharadas Multani, active 1625 Multānı̄., Robert Sumption active 1750, Frank E Nuttall 1875-1943

Title	Essay Herkern, [end of 17th century or beginning of 18th century?].
Title Original	انشا هركرن پاىان قرن م ىا آغاز قرن م؟
Author	Harkern bin Metharadas Multani, active 1625 Multānı̄., Robert Sumption active 1750, Frank E Nuttall 1875-1943
Author Original	هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى،
Publication Date:	[1650-1750]
Publication Place	- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1650-1750].
Subject	Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Diplomatics, Persian Formularies (Diplomatics) Kings and rulers Letter writing, Persian Manuscripts, Persian India Michigan—Ann Arbor Early works History Personal correspondence Sources 1526-1765 Library of Congress Subject Headings Formularies (Diplomatics)—Early works to 1800 Diplomatics, Persian—India—Early works to 1800 Letter writing, Persian—India—Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian—Michigan—Ann Arbor India—Kings and rulers—Correspondence India—History—1526-1765—Sources Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Diplomatique persane—Inde—Ouvrages avant 1800 Manuscrits persans—Michigan—Ann Arbor Inde—Histoire—1526-1765—Sources
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (91 leaves) : paper
Library:	McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID	1420515142
Record ID	1420515142
Date	[1650-1750]
Notes	Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثناى مر حضرت اىزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ..." Ms. codex. Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15). Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii; almost exclusively ternions; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down; catchwords present; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves). Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page; frame-ruled. Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc. Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ. Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished. Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding); Western style binding; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper; spine gold-stamped with "HER \| KERN" and decorative bands; edges of text block flecked with red; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords; stuck-on endbands; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19. Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. \| Inshā. \| Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions \| n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 870.
Yazar Rolü	Former owner, Former owner,
Veritabanı	WorldCat
Tür	Early works History Personal correspondence Sources Early works to 1800. Ouvrages avant 1800. Correspondence. Sources.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi	Possible inventory marks on verso of front flyleaf in black ink "D F. 237 " and in red ink "Lot 127" ; numerous notes and excerpts at opening and close of codex, a few in Devanagari / Hindi script, including ownership statement in brown ink in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 / 1163 (see p.15) ; another ownership statement in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 appears in brown ink on back flyleaf (p.184) "Seind, [Sindh] 1750 \| انشا هركرن مال صاحب رابرت سامسين \| Robert Sumption his book of Herkerons Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses" ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections.
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Essay Herkern, [end of 17th century or beginning of 18th century?].

(انشا هركرن پاىان قرن م ىا آغاز قرن م؟)

Author Harkern bin Metharadas Multani, active 1625 Multānı̄., Robert Sumption active 1750, Frank E Nuttall 1875-1943

Author Original هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى،

Publication Date [1650-1750]

Publication Place - [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1650-1750].

Subject Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Diplomatics, Persian Formularies (Diplomatics) Kings and rulers Letter writing, Persian Manuscripts, Persian India Michigan—Ann Arbor Early works History Personal correspondence Sources 1526-1765 Library of Congress Subject Headings Formularies (Diplomatics)—Early works to 1800 Diplomatics, Persian—India—Early works to 1800 Letter writing, Persian—India—Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian—Michigan—Ann Arbor India—Kings and rulers—Correspondence India—History—1526-1765—Sources Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Diplomatique persane—Inde—Ouvrages avant 1800 Manuscrits persans—Michigan—Ann Arbor Inde—Histoire—1526-1765—Sources

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (91 leaves) : paper

Library McGill University Libraries

Library Asset ID 1420515142

Record ID 1420515142

Date [1650-1750]

Notes Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثناى مر حضرت اىزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ..." Ms. codex. Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15). Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii; almost exclusively ternions; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down; catchwords present; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves). Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page; frame-ruled. Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc. Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ. Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished. Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding); Western style binding; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper; spine gold-stamped with "HER | KERN" and decorative bands; edges of text block flecked with red; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords; stuck-on endbands; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19. Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. | Inshā. | Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions | n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 870.

Yazar Rolü Former owner, Former owner,

Veritabanı WorldCat

Tür Early works History Personal correspondence Sources Early works to 1800. Ouvrages avant 1800. Correspondence. Sources.

Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi Possible inventory marks on verso of front flyleaf in black ink "D F. 237 " and in red ink "Lot 127" ; numerous notes and excerpts at opening and close of codex, a few in Devanagari / Hindi script, including ownership statement in brown ink in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 / 1163 (see p.15) ; another ownership statement in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 appears in brown ink on back flyleaf (p.184) "Seind, [Sindh] 1750 | انشا هركرن مال صاحب رابرت سامسين | Robert Sumption his book of Herkerons Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses" ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections.

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