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Subḥat al-abrār - Persian manuscript

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Subḥat al-abrār - Persian manuscript

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Summary

Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from unwan.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Written in Iran or India.
Paper: cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan and gold highlighting between lines of text on first two leaves; black ink with red section titles; blue and gold borders; few marginal corrections and additions; catchwords on rectos.
Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 10.5 x 5.5 cm.
Folios 1b-129a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M57.
Contemporary dark brown leather binding; exterior is elaborately embossed, interior embossed with gold and blue medallions in center and at corners.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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Date

01/01/1600
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Location

washington dc
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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