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Kitāb-i Ikhtiyārāt-i Badīʻī
کتاب اختىارات بدىعى
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Anṣārī Shīrāzī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn, approximately 1329-1403 or 1404
انصارى شىرازى، على بن حسىن، approximately 1329-1403 or 1404
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Illuminated manuscripts--Islamic countries--17th century
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Headpieces (layout features)--Islamic countries--17th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--17th century
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Medicine, Persian--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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1684-1685?
17. century
1684
1685
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Extent: 295 leaves : paper ; 253 x 162 (185 x 106) mm. bound to 256 x 168 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from fol. 1a by a later hand; also on fol. 250 preceding maqālah 2.
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On front cover: Label reading "359" in Arabic script.
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Dedicated to the princess Badīʻ al-Jamāl (fol. 2b), hence the title.
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Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Well-executed polychrome and gold illuminated ʻunwāns on fol. 1b (slightly damaged), 250b. Simple blue, gold, and red header on fol. 2a. Text bordered by gold and blue with outer marginal gold line on fol. 1b-2a, 250b-251a. Remainder of text bordered by two red lines with central blue line...
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Origin: Maqālah 1 completed 11 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1095 H. [20 October 1684] (fol. 249b). Maqālah 2 completed 10 Ṣafar (fol. 295b); year is torn away but likely to be 1096 H. [16 January 1685].
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Owner's statements on fol. 1a, 250a dated 1315 H. [1897 or 8]. Several different owner's stamps and statements on fol. 1a. Bookseller's stamp (Kitābkhānah-i [...] al-Dīn), undated and partly smudged, on fol. 250a.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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