Excerpts from classical Persian poetry

Selection of poems from classical Persian poets.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from container.
Scribe not identified.
Written in Iran.
Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text enclosed in double ruled border, the outer one of a thin gold line, the inner border of a thin and a thick gold line, all edged in black; text divided into two columns by two thin gold lines also edged in black; black ink; miniscule catchwords.
Shikastah script; text written diagonally; 8 lines in written area 9 x 4 cm.
Elaborate Qajar style full page miniature paintings on fol. 16a, 34a, 49b, 65b, 96b, 112b, 143b, and 152b.
Fol. 1b-168a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M110.
Elaborate can leather with laquer painting of a floral design with dorative border; inside of cover decorated with a floral design in contrasting colors; hinged at top edge.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.