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Kitāb-i Kullīyāt-i Shaykh Saʻdī
کتاب کليات شىخ سعدى
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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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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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1636-1695?
17. century
1636
1695
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Extent: 414 leaves : paper ; 233 x 129 (187 x 96) mm. bound to 242 x 144 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from fol. 1b.
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On front cover: Label reading "30" in Arabic script.
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On spine: Label reading "808" in Arabic script. Tooled in gold in Arabic script: "Kullīyāt-i Shaykh Saʻdī" and "Kitābkhānah-i R. Ṣamṣāmī."
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Physical description: 20 lines per page, in 1-2 columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper.Text area framed in blue and gold and divided into a central area and an outer column; text begins in center box, then continues in outer column and is written on the diagonal. Columns delineated by double gold lines. Catchwords and some marginal notes. Ms. is divided into seven...
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Decoration: Books 1-5 begin with an elegant two-page illumination consisting of an ʻunwān and decorations within the text frame and in the margins. The ʻunwān is painted mainly in gold, dark blue, purple, and orange in a delicate floral design and is divided into two boxes, the lower of which contains the title in white set within a mandorla-shaped gold background. Each ʻunwān features a...
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Origin: Ms. completed in parts. Book 2 completed Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1045 H. [May or June 1636] (fol. 91a). Book 3 completed 1051 H. [1641 or 2] (fol. 175a). Book 4 completed Ṣafar 1051 H. [May or June 1641] (fol. 222a). Book 7 completed Jumādá I 1107 [?] [December 1695 or January 1696] (fol. 411b).
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Owner's note and stamps on fol. 1a dated 127[-] H. Owner's note of Bāqir Khān, 1215 H. [1800 or 1801] and smudged owner's stamp on fol. 411b.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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