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Hāz̲ā Kitāb-i Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī /
هذا کتاب مثنوى معنوى /
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Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
جلال الدىن رومى، مولانا
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Manuscripts, Persian--15th century
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Headpieces (layout features)--Islamic Empire--15th century
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Illuminated manuscripts--Islamic Empire--15th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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1475-1490 or 91
15. century
1475Gregorian
1491Gregorian
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Extent: 568 leaves : paper ; 250 x 146 (177 x 97) mm. bound to 254 x 154 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from fol. 1b-2a.
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On spine: "Mas̲navī" and label reading "23" in Arabic script.
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Physical description: 25 lines per page, in two columns; written in naskh in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in gold; columns separated by double gold lines. Headings in red and enclosed in gold frame. Catchwords; extensive marginal notes and corrections. Some staining, smudging, and insect damage (particularly towards the end of the ms.). First and last few leaves...
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Decoration: Two-page ʻunwān on fol. 1b-2a; title inscribed in gold in Kufic-type script in illuminated boxes above and below text on both pages; margins decorated with gold and color floral pattern. Most of the color has worn off. Jild 2-4 (fol. 89b, 169b, 277a) are marked by an ʻunwān consisting of an illuminated rectangular box with the jild number inscribed in gold in Kufic-type script, and...
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Origin: Jild 1 completed 28 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 879 H [5 April 1475] by Yaḥyá ibn Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī al-Mūsavī (fol. 89b). Jild 2 completed 12 Rabīʻ I 88[0] H [16 July 1475] (fol. 169b). Jild 3 completed 26 Shawwāl 881 H [11 February 1477] by the same scribe (fol. 276b). Jild 4 completed 15 Jumādá 1 886 H [12 July 1481] (fol. 359b). Remainder completed in 896 H [1490 or 91] by...
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The date 1275 H [1858 or 9] is noted on fol. 1a. The date 1310 H [1892 or 3] is noted after the colophon on fol. 568a. On fol. ib: notes dated 1300 H [1882 or 3] and 27 Ṣafar 1340 H [30 October 1921].
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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