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Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

description

Summary

Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from colophon.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Written in India.
Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black and red ink; black ink, section headings in red; numerous marginal and interlinear notes and comments; beginning of the poem on fol. 1b is in a much later hand; 6 leaves of writing at end in various hands; catchwords.
Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 18 x 8.5 cm.
1, fol. 1b-226b, 6.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M15.
Text block separated from binding in separate container; binding is contemporary tan leather in poor condition; no medallions or other decoration.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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Date

01/01/1800
place

Location

washington dc
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Source

Library of Congress
copyright

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Public Domain

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