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Ātashkadah - Persian manuscript
Summary
Biographical dictionary of Persian poets with extensive excerpts from their works.
Manuscript.
Persian
Title supplied by cataloger.
Scribe not indicated.
Date on lower left corner of fol. 240b: "1210".
Probably copied in Iran.
Paper: dark cream-color, glazed laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication and with passages also in gold and blue inks; text enclosed in blue and gold border; very elaborate unwan and gold medallions on the upper and lower corners of each leaf; no catchwords.
Nastaʻliq with Arabic passages in Naskhi; 24 lines in written area 21 x 12.5 cm.
Folios 1b-240b.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [number].
Tan leather binding with embossed medallions front and back and embossed border.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
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