Nizami Ganjavi - Skander-Namah - Persian manuscript
Summary
Legend of Alexander the Great in verse.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Pasted label on cover: Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller: title: Skandar-Nameh ... ; where from obtained: Amritsar; when written: 1217 Hijri.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Written in India.
Paper: thick, dark cream-color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text has border of two thin red lines; text is in two columns separated by a space ca. 5 cm wide and single red lines; black ink with no rubrication; marginal notes, corrections and glosses; catchwords on rectos.
Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 15 x 8.5 cm.
Fol. 1b-234b.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 18.
Indian dark blue cloth binding.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
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