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Kitāb-i Būstān-i Shaykh Saʼdī raḥimahu Allāh

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Kitāb-i Būstān-i Shaykh Saʼdī raḥimahu Allāh

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Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from fol. 2b.
Written by Sulṭānmuḥammad al-Kātib.
Probably written in Iran.
Paper; thick, dark cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan on fol. 2b in blue, gold, and red; fol. 1b-3a and 168b and 169b have elaborate floral decorations in margins; text enclosed in elaborate ruled border in blue-white-gold-red-green-gold; black ink with red section headings; catchwords.
Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 15 x 7 cm.
Fol 1b and 2a have full page miniature paintings.
Fol. 1b-169a (text: 2b-169a)
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M84.
Binding; black grain with embossed medallions front and back.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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Date

01/01/1535
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washington dc
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