Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Summary
Manuscript.
Persian; first 67 leaves have Turkish translation and there is a brief poem in Ottoman Turkish at end.
Title based on comparison with printed editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Probably written in Iran.
Paper; cream color lightly polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; manuscript is incomplete lacking an unknown number of leaves at the beginning; leaves 1a-67b have interlinear Turkish translation and extensive marginal notes; catchwords.
Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area
Fol. 1a-134a, 2 leaves.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript.
Contemporary brown leather binding with embossed center medallions.
Tags
Date
01/01/1593
Location
washington dc
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain